Not sure if it's deprecated or not, but you can reference it as an array: echo $name[0]; or the more accepted method: echo substr($name,0,1); > > From: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem <me2resh@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2004/12/20 Mon PM 12:59:49 EST > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: first letter > > hi > if i have for example this variable > > $name = "John"; > > how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be "J" > > can anyone help ? > > > > -- > Ahmed Abdel-Aliem > www.ApexScript.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
