<?php
$string = "hello world";
// create a substring starting 1 character from
// the beginning and ending 1 character from the end
$trimmed = substr($string, 1, -1);
echo $trimmed; // prints "ello worl"
$str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
$str2 = substr($str, 4); // "quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
<?php
$string = "hello world";
// create a substring starting 1 character from
// the beginning and ending 1 character from the end
$trimmed = substr($string, 1, -1);
echo $trimmed; // prints "ello worl"
$str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
$str2 = substr($str, 4); // "quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."