[SOLVED] quick question. Using IF

[paulman888888]

Hi again;

 

My Quick Question is; is there a easy way to check if the first to characters of a string is equal to a variable?

 

Thankyou All

Paul

[Daniel0]

Yeah, you can use substr.

[monkeytooth]

Not really a quick one, but yes methods do exist that can help you break down strings in a variety of ways including finding the first word and turning it into a var. Which then can be compared to other vars

[MadTechie]

another option

$string = 'Hello world';
$X = $string[0]; 
echo $X;//return H

however i use substr() myself

$string = 'Hello world';
$X = substr($string,0,1);
echo $X;//return H

 

EDIT: updated to set $X as the first letter (in case it helps)

[paulman888888]

Thanks guys!

 

Also i never new that you could access a string useing array like functions! I dont think i said that in a cleaver way.

 

Want i meant to say was; i never new you could use $string='something'; and access as $string[number];

 

Great help! Thanks

Paul

[Daniel0]

That's because you haven't read the manual