Hi I have a string named `$sql` which is:

`* FROM users WHERE users.id = '390'` (just and example, can be anything)

In my function I have a `$sql` variable which is the string above. I wish to get rid of the `*` before the `FROM`. My variable `$star` does output the `*`, but how do I code the `$sql` variable to exclude the `*` character in front of it?

```
$sql = $this->pdoquery($a, $v);
$star = substr($sql, 1, 2);
$query = "DELETE " . $sql;

```

I cannot alter the `$sql` variable to omit it in the `pdoquery` function, because I use it for `SELECT` etc.