Re: Accessing a Char in an Array

* Thus wrote Justin Palmer: > In an earlier thread labeled "first letter", it was suggested that > substr() be used. Just for the record the usage of $str = 'a string'; $str[0]; Is strongly discouraged, it is recommended to use: $str{0}; See Section (String access and modification by character): http://php.net/language.types.string > > >Check this out... > >http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php. > > So my question is: > > What is faster using substr or accessing the string like an array? > > I know I could test this myself, but I thought someone may have done > this already. Speed is probably negligible. It probably comes down to readablity. Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."