* 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
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