echo $name{0};
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem [mailto:me2resh@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:00 PM
> 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 ?
>
>
>
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