left cut of a string

[Anon]

hi there!!

i need somebody's help!!!
is there a possibility to cut off several digits in a string like $result=left("string",3) with the result "str"?
can i do it also with right??

thank's a lot for your help!!

cheers,
georg

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PHP doesn't have left() and right(), but it does have substr(), which can do the same things.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php

[Anon]

thank's vincent!

georg