Remove a string from the beginning of a string

Question

I have a string that looks like this:

$str = \"bla_string_bla_bla_bla\";

How can I remove the first bla_; but only if it\'s fo

Answer 1

function remove_prefix($text, $prefix) {
    if(0 === strpos($text, $prefix))
        $text = substr($text, strlen($prefix)).'';
    return $text;
}