title: PHP: Removing text between first character and a (.)
body: <p>For example, </p>
  
  <p>The variable <code>$creator</code> contains a username in the format <code>john.smith</code>.</p>
  
  <p>How do I convert this into another variable for example <code>$creator1</code> which cuts down the username into the following format: <code>jsmith</code>.</p>
  
  <p>So I want to remove everything between the first character and the '.' and put the result into another variable called <code>$creator1</code>.</p>