separate string in two by given position

Question

$string = 'Some string'; $pos = 5;  ...??...  $begging // == 'Some s'; $end // == 'tring'; 

What is the best way to separate string in two by given position?

Answer 1

You can use substr to get the two sub-strings:

$str1 = substr($str, 0, $pos); $str2 = substr($str, $pos); 

If you omit the third parameter length, substr takes the rest of the string.

But to get your result you actually need to add one to $pos:

$string = 'Some string'; $pos = 5; $begin = substr($string, 0, $pos+1); $end = substr($string, $pos+1); 

Answer 2

Regex solution (if you are into it):

... $string = 'Some string xxx xxx'; $pos = 5;  list($beg, $end) = preg_split('/(?<=.{'.$pos.'})/', $string, 2);  echo "$beg - $end"; 

Regards

rbo