note 107878 added to function.mb-substr

@qeremy Actually you could just add the encoding you desire, and it would work perfectly (i.e: Give the same results as your approach) <?php $str = "Büyük"; print mb_substr($str, 0, 3); //Bü print mb_substr($str, 0, 3, 'UTF-8'); //Büy print substr_unicode($str, 3); //Büy ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 190.141.76.78 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-substr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107878 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107878 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107878 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php