Answers for "get character from string php"

php get first 5 characters of string

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

php get first character of string

$firstStringCharacter = substr("hello", 0, 1);

php get char from string position

//You can use your string the same as an array :
$some_string = "apple";
echo $some_string[2]; //echo "p"