Hi Sokolewicz,
Thanks a lot. It just working really fine :)
Thank you again.
Warm regards, Mário Gamito
M. Sokolewicz wrote:
> Mário Gamito wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In Portgal we have big names.
>> My complete name, for instance, is "Mário Augusto Machado dos Reis Gamito".
>> "Mário" is the Christian name and "Gamito" - the last one - is always the last name of the father.
>>
>> I have a form where i want to let my users insert their full big name like mine, but i want to shorten them just to the first and the last.
>>
>> For example, if i fill the form with "Mário Augusto Machado dos Reis Gamito", i want to change this string to only "Mário Gamito".
>>
>> The total number of names is not fix.
>> Could be 3, 4, 5, 6,...
>> My son name is "Manuel Ramos Gamito". Only 3 names.
>> Should be changed to "Manuel Gamito", also.
>>
>> I've looked at the strings functions in the manual, made a lot of experiences, but couldn't get there :(
>>
>> Does anyone knows how to do this ?
>>
>> Any help would be apreciated.
>>
>> Warm Regards,
>> Mário Gamito
>
>
> <?php
> $parts = explode(' ', $fullName);
> $shortenedName = $parts[0].' '.$parts[count($parts)-1];
> ?>
>
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