RE: [PHP] removing characters from beginning of string

You could use the substr function to get a substring of the string. You might need to use the strlen function to know the string's length, if it isn't always the same. Vicky -----Original Message----- From: Jason Bryner [mailto:jason@focusdesigngroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 12:27 PM To: PHP General Subject: [PHP] removing characters from beginning of string I have the following string and I need to remove the first comma and leave the rest of the string intact. ,"1" => array("date"=>"7/11/2000", "author"=>"Jason Bryner" Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net