mb_substr Get part of string &reftitle.description; stringmb_substr stringstr intstart intlength stringencoding Performs a multi-byte safe substr operation based on number of characters. Position is counted from the beginning of str. First character's position is 0. Second character position is 1, and so on. &reftitle.parameters; str The string being checked. start The first position used in str. length The maximum length of the returned string. encoding &mbstring.encoding.parameter; &reftitle.returnvalues; mb_substr returns the portion of str specified by the start and length parameters. &reftitle.seealso; mb_strcut mb_internal_encoding