- substr: documentation ( source)
- ltrim: documentation ( source)
- rtrim: documentation ( source)
- strpos: documentation ( source)
- preg_match: documentation ( source)
<?php
$var = '#62 Tom Hendry Warehouse';
echo substr( $var, 0, strpos( $var, ' ', 0 ) );
echo "\n";
echo rtrim( $var, ' ' );
echo "\n";
preg_match("/^[#]+[\d]+[\s]/", $var, $match );
echo "\n";
echo ltrim( $match[0], "#" );