Question

How to get the middle part of a string in PHP

Answer 1

$s = "abcde#www!opqrst";
 
$firstpart = substr($s, strpos($s, '#') + 1);

$middle = substr($firstpart, 0, strpos($firstpart, '!'));
echo $middle . "\n"; 
 
 
 
/*
run:
 
www
 
*/

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Answer 2

$s = "Start Middle End"; 

$arr = explode(" ", $s);

$middle = $arr[1]; 

echo $middle;
 
 
 
/*
run:
 
Middle
 
*/

 

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Answer 3

$s = "Start Middle End"; 
$middlelen = 5;

$length = strlen($s);
$start = (int)(($length - $middlelen) / 2); 

$middle = substr($s, $start, $middlelen);

echo $middle;
 
 
 
/*
run:
 
 Midd
 
*/

 

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