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How to get the first character of a string:

$str = 'This is a test.';
$first = $str{0};


Get the third character of a string:

$third = $str{2};


Get the last character of a string:

$str = 'This is still a test.';
$last = $str{strlen($str)-1};


Modify the last character of a string:

$str = 'Look at the sea';
$str{strlen($str)-1} = 'e';