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# substr

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

substr -- Return part of a string

## Description

``string substr` (string string, int start [, int length])`

Substr returns the portion of `string` specified by the `start` and `length` parameters.

If `start` is positive, the returned string will start at the `start`'th position in `string`, counting from zero. For instance, in the string '`abcdef`', the character at position `0` is '`a`', the character at position `2` is '`c`', and so forth.

Examples:

    $rest = substr("abcdef", 1);    // returns "bcdef"
    $rest = substr("abcdef", 1, 3); // returns "bcd"

If `start` is negative, the returned string will start at the `start`'th character from the end of `string`.

Examples:

    $rest = substr("abcdef", -1);    // returns "f"
    $rest = substr("abcdef", -2);    // returns "ef"
    $rest = substr("abcdef", -3, 1); // returns "d"

If `length` is given and is positive, the string returned will end `length` characters from `start`. If this would result in a string with negative length (because the start is past the end of the string), then the returned string will contain the single character at `start`.

If `length` is given and is negative, the string returned will end `length` characters from the end of `string`. If this would result in a string with negative length, then the returned string will contain the single character at `start`.

Examples:

    $rest = substr("abcdef", 1, -1); // returns "bcde"

See also strrchr() and ereg().

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