Russ <mailto:russbucket@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:18 PM said: > I'm new to php and linux. I am trying to replace a password program I > used under windows with a mysql based login. I want to compare the > first character of the first and last name of the user for a capital > letter. Why? What does that accomplish? > <?php > $fname=John; > $lname=Smith; Where's the quotes? > if(strncmp(S,${lname},1) ===0) { > ?> > <h1>strncmp() must have returned returned non-false</h1> non-false = true > <?php > } else { >> > <h3>Strncmp() must have returned false</h3> > <?php > } > ?> Rewrite: <?php $fname = "John"; $lname = "Smith"; if(preg_match("/[A-Z]/", substr($fname ,0 ,1))) { echo "first letter is uppercase."; } else { echo "first letter is not uppercase"; } ?> There might be a better way than a regex but that's the first thing that came to my mind. HTH, Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
