PHP function substr() error

Question

When I use substr() I get a strange character at the end

$articleText = substr($articleText,0,500);

I have an output of 500 c

Answer 1

You are trying to cut unicode character.So i preferred instead of substr() try mb_substr() in php.

substr()

substr ( string $string , int $start [, int $length ] )

mb_substr()

mb_substr ( string $str , int $start [, int $length [, string $encoding ]] )

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