Getting Lastname from, Firstname Lastname

[ESCForums_com]

Lets say I have a variable which equals someones name..

$fullname = "First Last"

Now I want to make a variable which takes the last name from it. Like ..Anything before the space, remove it and create a new var, which would be equal to the last name...

Easy enuf?

TIA!

-Phil

[bernouli]

$name = "First Last";
$names = explode(" ",$name);
echo $names[0];
echo "<br>";
echo $names[1];

[bernouli]

or use the [man]sscanf[/man] function

for example :

$name = "First Last";
$firstname="";
$lastname="";
$names = sscanf($name,"%s %s",&$firstname,&$lastname);
echo $firstname;
echo $lastname;

[barand]

Try

list($first,$last) = sscanf($fullname,"%s %s");

or

$nameparts = explode(" ", $fullname);
list($first,$last) = $nameparts;

See the reference manual - string functions

hth

[ESCForums_com]

First works great thanks!

😃

[michael]

Erm. This does not account for there being more than one part of the name... for example: Joleeen A. Smith. Or Aaron de Castille.

$personname = "Aaron de castille";
$nameparts = explode(' ',$personname);
$lastname = ucfirst($nameparts[count($nameparts)-1]);
print $lastname;
 

Outputs:
Castille

[Weedpacket]

$lastname=substr(strrchr($fullname, ' '), 1);

TMTOWTDI 😃

[Of course, this code would mangle John von Neumann's name ... but then, it doesn't work for those names where the surname is written first.]