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# mb_strcut

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_strcut — Get part of string

### Description

string mb_strcut ( string `$str` , int `$start` [, int `$length` [, string `$encoding` ]] )

mb_strcut() performs equivalent operation as mb_substr() with different method. If `start` position is multi-byte character's second byte or larger, it starts from first byte of multi-byte character.

It subtracts string from `str` that is shorter than `length` AND character that is not part of multi-byte string or not being middle of shift sequence.

### Parameters

`str`

  The string being cut.

`start`

  The position that begins the cut.

`length`

  The string being decoded.

`encoding`

  The `encoding` parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

### Return Values

mb_strcut() returns the portion of `str` specified by the `start` and `length` parameters.

### See Also

- mb_substr()
- mb_internal_encoding()

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