note 33764 added to ref.strings

I had to "translate" some project from ASP to PHP and found that in ASP there are some very useful string functions like: string left ( string string, int length ) string right ( string string, int length ) string mid ( string string, int start [, int length] ) I think it's not hard to figure out what these functions do. If anyone finds it useful (I did), here is the code: function left ($str, $howManyCharsFromLeft) { return substr ($str, 0, $howManyCharsFromLeft); } function right ($str, $howManyCharsFromRight) { $strLen = strlen ($str); return substr ($str, $strLen - $howManyCharsFromRight, $strLen); } function mid ($str, $start, $howManyCharsToRetrieve = 0) { $start--; if ($howManyCharsToRetrieve === 0) $howManyCharsToRetrieve = strlen ($str) - $start; return substr ($str, $start, $howManyCharsToRetrieve); } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php Edit Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+33764 Delete Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+33764&report=yes Reject Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+33764&report=yes