Question

How to get the first word from a string in PHP

Answer 1

$s = "php java c# python c";
  
$arr = explode(' ', $s, 2);
 
$first_word = $arr[0];
      
echo $first_word;
 
 
 
   
/*
run:
 
php 
 
*/

 

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Answer 2

$s = "php java c# python c";
  
$arr = preg_split('/ +/', $s, 3);
 
$first_word = $arr[0];
      
echo $first_word;
 
 
 
   
/*
run:
 
php 
 
*/

 

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Answer 3

$s = "php java c# python c";
 
$first_word = substr($s, 0, strpos($s, ' '));
      
echo $first_word;
 
 
 
   
/*
run:
 
php 
 
*/

 

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