Posted by Kevin L'Huillier on 06/27/05 18:44

Paul Nowosielski <paul@celebrityaccess.com> wrote:
> If a have a string thats 11 characters long how can I strip off the last
> two characters?

Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> wrote:
> $newString = substr($oldString, 0, 8);
> echo $newString;

substr's third argument is length, not position. It also accepts
negative values which makes it go from the end, allowing you to do
absolute lengths or relative.

To make a string no more than 9 characters:
substr($string, 0, 9);

To always remove the last two characters of a string:
substr($string, 0, -2);

http://php.net/substr

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