Php with shred to characters in variable

Php with shred to characters in veriable

[erkin0007]

hi guys
i am from turkey.i am sorry for my bad english

i want to shred to characters in veriable
for examle,

$variable="Fred love to php";

$variable2=function x($variable);

echo $variable2[0];

RESULT

"f"
************************************************************************
echo $veriable2[1];
RESULT
"r"
*****************
i want to spaces

[jatar_k]

Hello erkin0007,

is this maybe what you are looking for? str_split [php.net]

[omoutop]

you can also use explode()

$variable = "Fred love to php";
$characters = explode("", $variable);
// $characters is now an array, each val equals a letter from your string

echo $characters[3]; // will print 'd'