JString::substr

UTF-8 aware alternative to substr Return part of a string given character offset (and optionally length)

Signature

public function substr(string
        $str,
            [integer
        $offset = false,
            [integer
        $length = false]] )

Parameters

$str: String being processed
$offset: Number of UTF-8 characters offset (from left)
$length: Optional length in UTF-8 characters from offset

Returns

mixed: string or FALSE if failure