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Asked: 2026-05-13T13:40:29+00:00

I’m using the substr() function to limit the characters in strings. but sometimes, the

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I’m using the substr() function to limit the characters in strings. but sometimes, the output text contains some obscure characters and Question marks etc…

the text which is “substred” is already UTF8 encoded, and NOT in html entities to make like this problem.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Because you are cutting your characters into half.

    Use mb_substr for multibyte character encodings like UTF-8. substr just counts bytes while mb_substr counts characters.

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