Answers for "php function to get first character of a string"

php get first 5 characters of string

$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"

first name of string php

$words = explode(" ", $string);

$firstname = $words[0];
$lastname = $words[1];
$third_word = $words[2];

get first word from string php

function getFirstWord($string)
    {
        $arr = explode(' ', trim($string));
        return isset($arr[0]) ? $arr[0] : $string;
    }