PHP Char functions - help !!!

thank you once again for your replies, they have been very helpful ...

I would like to ask the following :-

I have a variable called $filename

How do I cut out the first character of $filename and assign it to
$firstchar ?

How do I change $firstchar to lowercase if it is in uppercase ?

Thanks

Andy

On 7-Jul-2003, "Andy Yeo" <kheemeng@lycos.com> wrote:

> I would like to ask the following :-
>
> I have a variable called $filename
>
> How do I cut out the first character of $filename and assign it to
> $firstchar ?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

>
> How do I change $firstchar to lowercase if it is in uppercase ?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtolower.php


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hi andy,

> I have a variable called $filename
> How do I cut out the first character of $filename and assign it to
> $firstchar ?

$firstchar = $filename{0};
$firstchar = substr($filename, 0, 1);
$firstchar = preg_replace('/^(.).*/s', '\\1', $filename);

> How do I change $firstchar to lowercase if it is in uppercase ?

$firstchar = strtolower($firstchar);

so you're probably searching for:

$firstchar = strtolower($filename{0});

regards, steffen



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To make sure it is a char value and not a string value, use chr:

$firstchar = chr( $filename[0] );

"Andy Yeo" <kheemeng@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:3f0a25fa$1@news.starhub.net.sg...
> thank you once again for your replies, they have been very helpful ...
>
> I would like to ask the following :-
>
> I have a variable called $filename
>
> How do I cut out the first character of $filename and assign it to
> $firstchar ?
>
> How do I change $firstchar to lowercase if it is in uppercase ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
>