Re: First Character of a string.
| From: | kevin at oceania dot net | Date: | Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:20:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: First Character of a string. | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
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Jitterbug wrote:
>
> On Sun, 8 Oct 2000 19:19:05 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >
> >> <?
> >> $firstname ="Brian";
> >> $firstinitial="
> >> ?>
> >> here i want to parse out just the B from Brian with out hard coding it in
> >> <?
> >> ";
> >> echo $firstname,"<BR>";
> >> echo $firstinitial,"<BR>";
> >> ?>
> >
> >$firstinitial= substr($firstname,1,1);
> >
> >James
>
> should be
>
> $firstinitial = substr($firstname,0,1);
>
> I like
>
> $firstinitial = $firstname[0];
Using this method, can I get the first 3 chars?
$firstinitial = substr($firstname,0,3);
$firstinitial = $firstname[?];
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Kind regards
Kevin Waterson