PHP

remove first letter php

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

php string cut first x characters

$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 and last char

<?php

$string = "hello world";

// create a substring starting 1 character from
// the beginning and ending 1 character from the end
$trimmed = substr($string, 1, -1);

echo $trimmed; // prints "ello worl"

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:'