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Omkar
Omkar

Reputation: 308

PHP substr() function is not working as expected

I am removing the first character of the string and I am using substr(); function for that.
For example : 

<?php
$amount =  '€300';
echo substr($amount ,1);
?>

This code is doing its work fine but it have some bug. When I display the substr() function applied string then it display something other symbol at the beginning of the string. Below image has output.enter image description here

In above image you can see its displaying unwanted symbol. But when I apply substr() function again it works successfull.
I just want to know why this function having that symbol? what does this symbol mean? Why its coming in the output?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3614

Answers (2)

Nabi
Nabi

Reputation: 774

you could using mb_substr() php function http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-substr.php

<?php
$amount =  '€300';
echo mb_substr($amount, 1, NULL, "UTF-8");
?>

Upvotes: 2

Pedro Lobito
Pedro Lobito

Reputation: 99051

I managed to solve the problem by using utf8_decode, i.e.:

$amount =  utf8_decode('€300');
echo substr($amount ,1);
//300

Upvotes: 1

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