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

Remove www. from beginning of string, this is the easiest way (ltrim)

$a="www.google.com";
echo ltrim($a, "www.");