$firstchar = substr($string, 0, 1); Read www.php.net/substr
Best regards, Peter Lauri www.dwsasia.com - company web site www.lauri.se - personal web site www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Deeley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:44 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] First Character In A String Can anyone tell me if there is a function to return the first letter in a string, such as: $surname="SMITH"; $forename="ALAN"; Is there a function which I can use to make $forename "A", so I can display it as A SMITH? Thank You In Advance -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
