Get part of string

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# mb_substr

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_substr — Get part of string

### Description

string mb_substr ( string `$str` , int `$start` [, int `$length` = NULL [, string `$encoding` = mb_internal_encoding() ]] )

Performs a multi-byte safe substr() operation based on number of characters. Position is counted from the beginning of `str`. First character's position is 0. Second character position is 1, and so on.

### Parameters

`str`

  The string to extract the substring from.

`start`

  Position of first character to use from `str`.

`length`

  Maximum number of characters to use from `str`. If omitted or NULL is passed, extract all characters to the end of the string.

`encoding`

  The `encoding` parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

### Return Values

mb_substr() returns the portion of `str` specified by the `start` and `length` parameters.

### See Also

- mb_strcut() - Get part of string
- mb_internal_encoding() - Set/Get internal character encoding

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