solved my own problem. if anyone else needs it, the function is substr($string, firstposition, number) http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/StringTheory/page4.html
Mateo The Db Guy wrote: > i'm fairly new to php, and thank you in advance for helping. > is there a function that will extract the first character from a mysql > result and put it into a variable? > the goal is to make one of these browse-by-alpha lists > > ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ > A > Adam > Alethea > Arnie > B > Billy > Buster > ... > > where all the names come from the mysql query, and the anchors are > automatically built where they need to be. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
