I know how to get last part of a string out of a string But how do I get the first part before the needle On the example below I just what domain $hostdomain= domain.com $host = substr (strrchr ($hostdomain, "."), 1); echo $host; com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]