first three characters

From: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:01:50 +0000
Subject: first three characters
Groups: php.general 
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Gurus, How do I extract the first n characters out of a word . I have this- $Word = attention I want - $Word_3 = att $Word_4 = atte $Word_5 = atten this is only extracting first three/four/five characters . What is the right function to use here ?? thx in advance. ~Rahul

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