Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread John Nichel 
Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote:
hi
if i have for example this variable
$name = John;
how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be J
can anyone help ?
$name[0]
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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread hitek 
Not sure if it's deprecated or not, but you can reference it as an array:
echo $name[0];

or the more accepted method:
echo substr($name,0,1);

 
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 Subject: [PHP] first letter
 
 hi
 if i have for example this variable
 
 $name = John;
 
 how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be J
 
 can anyone help ?
  
 
 
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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Larry E . Ullman 
if i have for example this variable
$name = John;
how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will 
be J
echo $name[0];
You could also use the substr() function.
Larry
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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread ApexEleven 
[begin untested code]
$name = 'John';
echo substr($fname,0,1);
[end untested code]

That will print the first letter of the variable $name.

substr(string,int start, int length);

int length is optional.



On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:59:49 +0200, Ahmed Abdel-Aliem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 hi
 if i have for example this variable
 
 $name = John;
 
 how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be J
 
 can anyone help ?
 
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RE: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Brandon Thompson 
 echo $name{0}; 

See http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php for more...

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 hi
 if i have for example this variable
 
 $name = John;
 
 how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the 
 browser will be J
 
 can anyone help ?
  
 
 
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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Sebastian 
$name = John;
echo $name{0};

you can also look into substr()

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From: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [PHP] first letter


 hi
 if i have for example this variable

 $name = John;

 how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be
J

 can anyone help ?



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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Gerard Samuel 
Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote:
hi
if i have for example this variable
$name = John;
how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be J
can anyone help ?
echo $name{0};
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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Mike Smith 
echo $name[0];

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Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Matt M. 
 $name = John;
 
 how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be J

echo $name{0};

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