dtyson2000 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Afternoon! This is probably something very straightforward but I haven't been able to locate a resource. I have a list of names and would like to provide a set of links (alphabet at the top of the list) to the first instance of a last name starting with that letter. The (a href='#s') jumping to (a name='s') isn't the issue. Grabbing the names from the database and dynamically grabbing the first instance of a last name that starts with the next letter and inserting the 'a name=' tag is. Is there a resource for this anywhere that you can point me to? Thanks, ahead of time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Have you written any code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtyson2000 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Aside from the basic query and output, no I haven't started because I'm not sure how to go about analyzing each result (well I guess I can figure that part out) and then limit the action needed (the insertion of a string of html) to just the first instance of the letter A, then B, etc. Sorry this may sound vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtyson2000 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Wow that wasn't bad. I actually just used the $string[0] to get the first letter of the last name and wrapped it in (a name='$string[0]') then stuck the links at the top of the list as hrefs. All fixed. Much Ado about Nothing! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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