How do I remove the last character without breaking the string?

[Montasser_1]

I try to remove the last character from a string with Japanese text and emojis using this code:

<?php

$text = "私の名前はダバーです👩‍🚀";
$new_text = substr($text, 0, strlen($text) - 1);
echo $new_text;

The output breaks the characters and shows garbage. How do I fix this?

[MAY_261]

Use mb_substr() instead of substr(). It handles multibyte characters and emojis correctly.

Here is the correct code:

$text = "私の名前はダバーです👩‍🚀";
$length = mb_strlen($text, 'UTF-8');
$new_text = mb_substr($text, 0, $length - 1, 'UTF-8');
echo $new_text;

https://flatcoding.com/tutorials/php/php-remove-last-character-from-string/
This code removes the last character without breaking the text

[Montasser_1]

Use mb_substr() instead of substr(). It handles multibyte characters and emojis correctly.

Here is the correct code:

$text = "私の名前はダバーです👩‍🚀";
$length = mb_strlen($text, 'UTF-8');
$new_text = mb_substr($text, 0, $length - 1, 'UTF-8');
echo $new_text;

https://flatcoding.com/tutorials/php/php-remove-last-character-from-string/
This code removes the last character without breaking the text

Thank you so much, it worked