$name = "John";
echo $name{0};
you can also look into substr()
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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";
>
> how can i echo the first letter only so the result on the browser will be
"J"
>
> can anyone help ?
>
>
>
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