First 30 characters of a strong

[Ron Piggott <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How do I display the first 5 characters of a string?  

$string="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

my desired output is 

abcde


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