Is it possible?

[rawdata]

Not really sure how to efficiently search for what I am looking for help with, so if this has been asked before, please accept my apologies.

 

I have a program that virtual pilots use to report their flights with that uses php.  Some of the flights these pilots report are called "maintenance" flights.  The problem is, the program has no checkbox to show that it is a maint. flight.

 

I need to know if there is a way to have the pilot enter the flight number with an "M" as the first character and then write a conditional that keys off of the first character no matter what follows.

[.josh]

if (substr($variable,0,1) == "M") {
  // do something
}

[Daniel0]

Or alternately,

if ($variable[0] == 'M') {
    // do something
}

 

Strings can be accessed like an array.