how do i select 35 characters begining from the first character in a string ?

[jd2007]

how do i select 35 characters begining from the first character in a string ?..let's say, i have a string

"fdfsfdfsfsfssfssfsfsfssfsfssfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfssfwwwsfcsf"...how do i take 35 characters  in a string begining from the first character  ?

[phpknight]

http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_string_substr.asp

[jd2007]

thanks...

[MadTechie]

searching the forum helps

 

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