On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 16:02 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote: > > <?php > > $initial = (is_string($forename) && strlen($forename) > 0) > ? $forename[0] > : '' > ; > > echo trim($initial.' '.$surname); > > ?> That sure is verbose Jochem... <?php echo trim( substr( (string)$forename, 0, 1 ).' '.$surname ); ?> Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php