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<?php $string = 'hello world'; $selectedString = ''; for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) { $selectedString[$i] = $string[$i]; } var_dump($selectedString);
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
string(5) "hello"
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.38, 7.0.0 - 7.0.31
array(5) { [0]=> string(1) "h" [1]=> string(1) "e" [2]=> string(1) "l" [3]=> string(1) "l" [4]=> string(1) "o" }

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