$s = "Ways to Keep Successful";
echo substr($s, 5, 2) . "\n"; // to
echo substr($s, 13) . "\n"; // Successful
echo substr($s, -10) . "\n"; // Successful
echo substr($s, -15, 4) . "\n"; // Keep
echo substr($s, 0) . "\n"; // Ways to Keep Successful
echo substr($s, 0, -11) . "\n"; // Ways to Keep
echo substr($s, 0, 12) . "\n"; // Ways to Keep
echo substr($s, 0, 1) . "\n"; // W
echo substr($s, -1, 1) . "\n"; // l
echo $s[0] . "\n"; // W
echo $s[strlen($s) - 1] . "\n"; // l
/*
run:
to
Successful
Successful
Keep
Ways to Keep Successful
Ways to Keep
Ways to Keep
W
l
W
l
*/