On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 16:02 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote:
>
> <?php
> 
> $initial = (is_string($forename) && strlen($forename) > 0)
>        ? $forename[0]
>        : ''
>        ;
> 
> echo trim($initial.' '.$surname);
>
> ?>

That sure is verbose Jochem...

<?php

echo trim( substr( (string)$forename, 0, 1 ).' '.$surname );

?>

Cheers,
Rob.
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