Getting the first character from a word

[kjc]

I have an ecommerce site and I wish to update the database by further categorising the products.
I want to categorise the products by authors with a different category for each letter.

Can anyone tell me how I can get the first character from a word? - If i know this then I will be able to write the rest of the script....

Thanks

Kjc:thumbsup:

[x_goose_x]

$myname = "Joe";
echo $myname{0};


would return "J"

[kjc]

Originally posted by x_goose_x

$myname = "Joe";
echo $myname{0};


would return "J"

Thanks goose
I have finally got around to using this code.

Cheers :thumbsup: