Answers for "php drop first and last character instring"

php remove last char from string

//Remove the last character using substr
$string = substr($string, 0, -1);

php remove first and last char

<?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"