PHP

php get first 5 characters of string

$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"

php get first character of string

$firstStringCharacter = substr("hello", 0, 1);

php get first word of string

$value = "Test me more";
echo strtok($value, " "); // Test

get first word from string php

function getFirstWord($string)
    {
        $arr = explode(' ', trim($string));
        return isset($arr[0]) ? $arr[0] : $string;
    }