Christopher Deeley wrote:
> 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?
another alternative to the other answers you have had,
this alternative introduces you to the 'String access and modification by
character'
functionality as described here:
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
<?php
$initial = (is_string($forename) && strlen($forename) > 0)
? $forename[0]
: ''
;
echo trim($initial.' '.$surname);
>
> Thank You In Advance
>
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