DocumentationHSLReferenceFunctionHH\Lib\Str\slice

HH\Lib\Str\slice

Requires the Hack Standard Library to be installed.

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Returns a substring of length $length of the given string starting at the $offset

namespace HH\Lib\Str;

function slice(
  string $string,
  int $offset,
  ?int $length = NULL,
): string;

If no length is given, the slice will contain the rest of the string. If the length is zero, the empty string will be returned. If the offset is out-of-bounds, a ViolationException will be thrown.

Previously known as substr in PHP.

Parameters

string $string
int $offset
?int $length = NULL

Returns

string