Answers for "php remove beginning and end characters from string"

php string cut first x characters

$str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
$str2 = substr($str, 4); // "quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

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"