HOW TO REDUCE NAME TO INITIAL...

[cgus]

Trying to output only the first character of a name in a field -- like, "Andrew" would output as "A."

 

I have this:

 

<?php echo $row_rs1[left('fname', 1)]; ?>

 

It does not work, but causes this error:

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function LEFT() in....

 

Any guidance will be appreciated!

 

[Muddy_Funster]

substr('fname', 0, 1);

[cyberRobot]

Just to clarify, is the first name stored in $row_rs1['fname']? If so, you can modify Muddy_Funster's suggestion to:

<?php echo substr($row_rs1['fname'], 0, 1); ?>

 

[Zane]

If you only need the first character of a string there is no reason to use substr, when you can easily access that first character directly, as if it were an array.

$myString = "abcdefg";
echo $myString[0];  //will echo ==> a

[cgus]

Thanks for your responses.  I tested the suggestions by Guru and Administrator.  Both work perfectly.

 

PHP to get only the first character in a string to output.

Example:  "Andrew" outputs to "A"

 

<?php echo substr($row_rs1['fname'], 0, 1); ?>

Tested this and it works.

 

$myString = "abcdefg";

echo $myString[0];  //will echo ==> a

Tested this, and it also works.  Implemented as:

<?php echo $row_rs1['fname'][0]; ?>

 

Grateful!