Manipulation

$s = "Hello Phper";
echo strlen($s);       # => 11
echo substr($s, 0, 3); # => Hel
echo substr($s, 1);    # => ello Phper
echo substr($s, -4, 3);# => hpe
echo strtoupper($s);   # => HELLO PHPER
echo strtolower($s);   # => hello phper
echo strpos($s, "l");      # => 2
var\_dump(strpos($s, "L")); # => false

See: String Functions