Chris W. Parker wrote: > 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. Thanks Chris, I'll try that. I'm not really a programmer, done a little and trying to learn as I go. I had quotes at one point but took them out tring to get it to work. -- Russ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
