How to slice a string in PHP?

Question

Ok, so I've got this string:

"MICROSOFT CORP CIK#: 0000789019 (see all company filings)"

And I would like to cut off everything after the "CORP" bit. How would I go about doing this in PHP? I am used to Python so I am not sure how this is done.

To be clear, this is the output I want:

"MICROSOFT CORP"

I am trying:

$companyname = substr($companyname, 0, strpos($companyname, " CIK"));

and I am getting nothing showing.

Here is my full code:

<?php
include 'simple_html_dom.php';
$html = file_get_html('http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&match=&CIK=MSFT&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&owner=exclude&Find=Find+Companies&action=getcompany');
$companyname = $html->find('span[class=companyName]', 0);
$companyname = substr($companyname, 0, strpos($companyname, " CIK#")+5);
$bizadd = $html->find('div[class="mailer"]');
echo $companyname;
echo "<br />";
foreach ($bizadd as $value) {
    $addvals = $value->find('span[class="mailerAddress"]');
    echo "<br />";
    foreach ($addvals as $value) {
        echo $value;
        echo "<br />";
    }
}
?>

Answer 1

You can either use explode() (http://php.net/explode) or a mix of substr() (http://php.net/substr) with strpos() (http://php.net/strpos).

<?php
$string = "MICROSOFT CORP CIK#: 0000789019 (see all company filings)";
$newString = substr($string, 0, strpos($string, " CIK#"));
echo $newString;

Edit: edited a few times to fit your question editing...

Answer 2

You 'd find the position of "CORP" with strpos (be sure to read the giant red warning) and then cut off the relevant part with substr.