$c = 'ddaabbccaa';
$d = '地球需要我们每个人的爱护';
 
$frist1 = mb_substr( $c, 0, 1 ,"UTF-8"); // d
$delete_last1 = mb_substr($d, -1,1,"UTF-8");  // 护
echo $frist1.'+++'.$delete_last1.'<br/>'; // d+++护
 
$frist2 = mb_substr( $d, 0, 1 ,"UTF-8"); // 地
$delete_last2 = mb_substr($d, -1,1,"UTF-8");  // 护
echo $frist2.'+++'.$delete_last2.'<br/>'; // 地+++护
 
$e = '11aa22cc33';
$f = 'aa地球需要我们每个人的爱护';
$g = '地球需要我们每个人的爱护gg';
$h = '地球需要我们每个人的爱护';
$first3 = mb_substr( $e, 0, 1 ,"UTF-8"); // 1
$last3 = mb_substr( $f, 0, 1 ,"UTF-8"); // a
$delete_last3 = mb_substr($f, -1,1,"UTF-8");  // 护
$delete_last4 = mb_substr($g, -1,1,"UTF-8");  // g
$frist4 = mb_substr( $g, 0, 1 ,"UTF-8");    // 地
$delete_last5 = mb_substr($h, -1,1,"UTF-8");  // 护
 
echo $first3.'+++'.$last3.'---'.$delete_last3.'***'.$delete_last4.'&&&'.$frist4.'<br/>'; // 1+++a---护***g&&&地
echo $last3.'...'.$delete_last3.'<br/>';  // a...护
echo $frist4.'...'.$delete_last5.'<br/>'; // 地...护
// 这样不管字符串里是中英文数字等都是可以的无需判断，如:  ”地...护“ 或者 “地...” 或者 “...护”

function mbTrim($str)  
{  
  return mb_ereg_replace('(^(　| )+|(　| )+$)', '', $str);  
} 

$user = mb_ereg_replace('^(　| )+', '', $user);
$user = mb_ereg_replace('(　| )+$', '', $user);

$age = mb_ereg_replace('^(　| )+', '', $age);
$age = mb_ereg_replace('(　| )+$', '', $age); 

$method = mb_ereg_replace('^(　| )+', '', $method);
$method = mb_ereg_replace('(　| )+$', '', $method);

$address = mb_ereg_replace('^(　| )+', '', $address);
$address = mb_ereg_replace('(　| )+$', '', $address);