On Thursday 06 December 2001 03:19, Matthew Crouch wrote: > 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.
You can also use $mystring[0]. Example: $me = "ABCDEFGHIJ"; echo $me[0] . "<br>"; echo $me[1] . "<br>"; echo $me[2] . "<br>"; echo $me[3] . "<br>"; echo $me[4] . "<br>"; echo $me[5] . "<br>"; echo $me[6] . "<br>"; echo $me[7] . "<br>"; regards -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* Love is never asking why? */ -- 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]
