[SOLVED] Finding a piece of a string from X character to X character

[Gleasonator]

Hi all.

 

Let's say I have a string like so:

 

$string = "Hello world.";

 

And I'd like to have the 6th to 9th characters (for example) split into a different string. Like:

 

$newstring = "worl";

 

Note that I do not want to "find" characters in the string. When I put this to use, the position of the characters will be what I'll need. As in, characters X to X will always represent the same kind of data, but the characters will be changed.

 

I'm trying to convert something dumped into a text file from an external program into something understandable, and in order to do so I'll need to know if the above is possible. Please let me know if I didn't provide enough information.

 

Thank you,

Alex

[.josh]

substr

[Gleasonator]

substr

 

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks a ton.