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}; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Mike Smith
echo $name[0]; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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}; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread Sebastian
$name = "John"; echo $name{0}; you can also look into substr() - Original Message - From: "Ahmed Abdel-Aliem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:59 PM Subject: [PHP] first letter > hi > if i have for example this variable > > $name = "John";

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... > -Original Message- > From: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] first letter > > hi > if i have for example this

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

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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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); > > From: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/12/20 Mon PM 12:59:49 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] first letter > > hi > if

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] -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php

Re: [PHP] first letter

2004-12-20 Thread bbonkosk
Check this out... http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php - Original Message - From: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:59 pm Subject: [PHP] first letter > hi > if i have for example this variable > > $name = "John"; > > how can i echo the