String grab first and last character

dfr574

How can a check the first and last character in a string.

The charater in between could be anything.

Thanks

Davy

$string = "HELLO";
echo $string[0];
echo $string[-1];

EDIT: Oh figs...that only works in Python. I'll try and find the solution for you.

dfr574

Thank you!!

Davy

Wait no that doesn't work!

I can't find the solution on php.net either.

Stoopid me...

EDIT: Found a way! Complicated but a way none the less!

<?PHP

$string = "Hello";

function unichar($string) {
$two= strtolower(str_replace(' ', '', $string));
$res = count(count_chars($two, 1));
return $res;
}

$number = unichar($var);
$num = $number - 1;

echo $string[0];
echo $string[$num];

?>

EDIT2: Okay that only returns the first character, not the last. Okay I'm all out of ideas.

Weedpacket

$string{strlen($string)-1}, perhaps?

laserlight

Just $str{0} for first character, $str{strlen($str)-1} for last character.

Installer

Let's turn him on to "substr()". He'll probably discover it eventually anyway when he gets around to finding the section of the manual devoted to string functions.

// First character:
substr($str, 0, 1);
// Last character:
substr($str, -1);

Davy

Haha sh*t! I couldn't find that bit for some strange reason..!!