mb_substr
Description
string mb_substr ( string str, int start [, int length [, string encoding]] )
mb_substr() returns the portion of
str specified by the
start and
length parameters.
mb_substr() performs multi-byte safe
substr() operation based on
number of characters. Position is
counted from the beginning of
str. First character's position is
0. Second character position is 1, and so on.
If encoding is omitted, internal encoding
is assumed.
encoding is character encoding. If it is
omitted, internal character encoding is used.
See also mb_strcut(), mb_internal_encoding().