PHP

remove first letter php

<?php
echo substr('abcdef', 1);     // bcdef
?>

php pop off the first character of string

$str = substr($str, 1);

remove first 4 characters in string php

$str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
$str2 = substr($str, 4); // "quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

php remove first word from string

echo trim(strstr("How are you?"," ")); //are you?

cut the first character in php

$str = '::f:o:';
$str = ltrim($str, ':');
var_dump($str); //=> 'f:o:'