Re: Emphasizing first letter of string?
| From: | David Tulloh | Date: | Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:56:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Emphasizing first letter of string? | ||
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Micky Hulse wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It is getting late, and I do not think I am thinking clearly...
>
> What would be the best way to wrap <em></em> tag around the first letter
> of a string?
>
> I know it has to be a combination of str_replace() and substr(), but due
> to my level of sleepiness I am having a lot of trouble working this one
> out...
>
> Basically, if a config variable == true I want my script to loop through
> an array of strings and emphasize the first letter of each string.
>
> Make sense? Sorry, I am pretty sleepy... Hmmm, I am betting I will
> discover the answer as soon as I send this email. :D
>
> Anyway, any help would be great!
It sounds like you really need some sleep.
$string = "hello world";
echo "<em>".$string{0}."</em>".substr($string, 1);
David