mb_strcut

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_strcut — Get part of string

Description

string mb_strcut ( string $str , int $start [, int $length [, string $encoding ]] )

mb_strcut() performs equivalent operation as mb_substr() with different method. If start position is multi-byte character's second byte or larger, it starts from first byte of multi-byte character.

It subtracts string from str that is shorter than length AND character that is not part of multi-byte string or not being middle of shift sequence.

Parameters

str

The string being cut.

start

The position that begins the cut.

length

The string being decoded.

encoding

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

Return Values

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

See Also

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