Christopher Deeley wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a function to return the first letter in a > string, such as: > > $surname="SMITH"; > $forename="ALAN"; > > Is there a function which I can use to make $forename "A", so I can display > it as A SMITH? another alternative to the other answers you have had, this alternative introduces you to the 'String access and modification by character' functionality as described here: http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php <?php $initial = (is_string($forename) && strlen($forename) > 0) ? $forename[0] : '' ; echo trim($initial.' '.$surname); > > Thank You In Advance > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
