Silly question about a strings in php

[Kaspa]

Hi,

How could I simulate the VB function Left() or Right() I would like to
return the first (x) characters of a string.

Thanks,

Kasparov

[Tom Thackrey]

On 13-Jan-2004, ka********@hotmail.com (Kaspa) wrote:

How could I simulate the VB function Left() or Right() I would like to
return the first (x) characters of a string.

substr()

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[CountScubula]

"Kaspa" <ka********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

How could I simulate the VB function Left() or Right() I would like to
return the first (x) characters of a string.

Thanks,

Kasparov

VB: strVar = left(strExt,12)
PHP: $strVar = substr($strExp,0,12);

VB: strVar = right(strExt,12)
PHP: $strVar = substr($strExp,-12);
or
PHP: $strVar = substr($strExp,(-1) * 12);

VB: strVar = mid(strExt,12) ' returns from chr 12 on to end of string
PHP: $strVar = substr($strExp,12);

VB: strVar = mid(strExt,12,5) ' returns from chr 12 , to 5 chrs
PHP: $strVar = substr($strExp,12,5);

Hope that helps
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[laidbak]

>How could I simulate the VB function Left() or Right() I would like to

return the first (x) characters of a string.

To make it easy on you:

<?php

/* example usage */
$string1 = "United States";
print Right($string1, 6);

/* Left function spec */
function Left($s,$n)
{

if ((empty($s)) || ($n<1)) {
return null;
}

if (strlen($s)<$n) {
$n = strlen($s);
}

return substr($s, 0, $n);

}

/* Right function spec */
function Right($s,$n)
{

if ((empty($s)) || ($n<1)) {
return null;
}

if (strlen($s)<$n) {
$n = strlen($s);
}

return substr($s, -$n);

}

?>
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[Anthony Borla]

"Kaspa" <ka********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

How could I simulate the VB function Left() or Right()
I would like to return the first (x) characters of a string.

Something like:

function Left($sourceStr, $len)
{
return substr($sourceStr, 0, $len);
}

function Right($sourceStr, $len)
{
$spos = strlen($sourceStr) - $len;
return substr($sourceStr, $spos);
}

Check out:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php

for more information.

I hope this helps.

Anthony Borla