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  • How to get first n Characters from a given string using PHP

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    Hello Readers! On a given string if you want to take out the first n number of characters from it then PHP offers you 'substr' to get the characters. Consider an example below:-

    Suppose I want to get the first 5 characters from string, $MyString

    $MyString = 'Im printing first 5 characters';

    I use the line below

    $GetString = substr($MyString,0,10).'...'`

    echo $GetSting;

    Output:-

    Im printing p
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