In an earlier thread labeled "first letter", it was suggested that substr() be used. >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. Regards, Justin Palmer __________________________ KISS (Keep It Simple, SEARCH)! Google::getUri( http://www.google.com ); Archives::getUri( http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php