String to Decimal Problem

[kbc1]

Hi all,

Quick one I hope.

I need to convert the first letter of a string to its equivalent ASCII decimal value.

Here is an example of my code:

$myword = "word";
$firstchar = $myword{0};

Now would I get the ASCII Decimal value of 'W' (which is 87 in this example) using PHP?

Thanks in advance.

[laserlight]

Use [man]ord/man, but note that 'W' is uppercase and so is different from 'w'.

[kbc1]

Thanks!