<"";
  $offset=0;
  $chars=0;
  $length=strlen($str);
  while($chars<$len && $offset<$length){
    $hign=decbin(ord(substr($str,$offset,1)));
      if(strlen($hign)<8){
        $count=1;
      }elseif(substr($hign,0,3)=="110"){
        $count=2;
      }elseif(substr($hign,0,4)=="1110"){
        $count=3;
      }elseif(substr($hign,0,5)=="11110"){
        $count=4;
      }elseif(substr($hign,0,6)=="111110"){
        $count=5;
      }elseif(substr($hign,0,7)=="1111110"){
        $count=6;
      }
    $res.=substr($str,$offset,$count);
    $offset+=$count;
    $chars+=1;
  }
  return $res;
}
function utf8sub1($str,$len){
  $chars=0;
  $res="";
  $offset=0;
  $length=strlen($str);
  while($chars<$len && $offset<$length){
    $hign=decbin(ord(substr($str,$offset,1)));
    if(strlen($hign)<8){
      $count=1;
    }elseif($hign & "11100000"=="11000000"){
      $count=2;
    }elseif($hign & "11110000"=="11100000"){
      $count=3;
    }elseif($hign & "11111000"=="11110000"){
      $count=4;
    }elseif($hign & "11111100"=="11111000"){
      $count=5;
    }elseif($hign & "11111110"=="11111100"){
      $count=6;
    }
    $res.=substr($str,$offset,$count);
    $chars++;
    $offset+=$count;
  }
  return $res;
}
$a="中华ah人民hdj";
echo utf8sub($a,5);
?>