Using Laravel for Advanced String Manipulation in PHP/

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Getting Portions of a String

Getting Portions of a String

Learn how to get a portion of an existing string.

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The substr helper method

We can use the substr helper method to retrieve portions of an existing string. This helper defines a $start argument and an optional $length argument.

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<?php
/**
 * Versions: Laravel 8, 9
 *
 * @return string
 */
public static function substr(
      string $string,
         int $start,
    int|null $length = null
);

If the start value is positive, the method will return text starting at that location in the ...