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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Remove Specific Characters from the Beginning of a String in PHP</title> </head> <body> <?php // Sample string $str = " ++--\tHello World!++-- "; // Removing characters from the left side $ltrimmed_str = ltrim($str, " +-"); echo "<b>Before:</b>"; echo "<pre><mark>$str</mark></pre>"; echo "<b>After:</b>"; echo "<pre><mark>$ltrimmed_str</mark></pre>"; ?> </body> </html>
