How to get the last n characters of a PHP string? Last Updated : 31 Oct, 2018 Suggest changes Share Like Article Like Report Write a PHP program to get last n characters of a given string. Examples: Input : $str = "GeeksforGeeks!" $n = 6 Output : Geeks! Input : $str = "GeeksforGeeks!" $n = 9 Output : forGeeks! Method 1: Tn this method, traverse the last N characters of the string and keep appending them in a new string. Example: php <?php $str = "GeeksforGeeks!"; $n = 6; // Starting index of the string // where the new string begins $start = strlen($str) - $n; // New string $str1 = ''; for ($x = $start; $x < strlen($str); $x++) { // Appending characters to the new string $str1 .= $str[$x]; } // Print new string echo $str1; ?> Output: Geeks! Method 2: Another way to do this use inbuilt library function substr with parameters as the name of the string. Example: php <?php $str = "GeeksforGeeks!"; $n = 6; $start = strlen($str) - $n; // substr returns the new string. $str1 = substr($str, $start); echo $str1; ?> Output: Geeks! Note: In above example, $start can also take -N to create a sub-string of last n characters Create Quiz I imdhruvgupta Follow 0 Article Tags : PHP Technical Scripter 2018 Explore PHP Tutorial 8 min read BasicsPHP Syntax 4 min read PHP Variables 5 min read PHP | Functions 8 min read PHP Loops 4 min read ArrayPHP Arrays 5 min read PHP Associative Arrays 4 min read Multidimensional arrays in PHP 5 min read Sorting Arrays in PHP 4 min read OOPs & InterfacesPHP Classes 2 min read PHP | Constructors and Destructors 5 min read PHP Access Modifiers 4 min read Multiple Inheritance in PHP 4 min read MySQL DatabasePHP | MySQL Database Introduction 4 min read PHP Database connection 2 min read PHP | MySQL ( Creating Database ) 3 min read PHP | MySQL ( Creating Table ) 3 min read PHP AdvancePHP Superglobals 6 min read PHP | Regular Expressions 12 min read PHP Form Handling 4 min read PHP File Handling 4 min read PHP | Uploading File 3 min read PHP Cookies 9 min read PHP | Sessions 7 min read My Profile ${profileImgHtml} My Profile Edit Profile My Courses Join Community Transactions Logout Like