echo first character of given words

[johndohmen1963]

Hi hope someone can help me with the folowing

How can i echo only the first letter of given words

Example if i have: Jozef Margaretha Fransiscus

i Want: J.M.F.

Thanks

[johndohmen1963]

sorry i got the answer

[minitauros]

Great ^^. How did you do it?

What I'd do is:

<?php
$parts = explode(' ', $name);

for($i=0; $i<count($parts); $i++)
{
    $first_letter = $parts[$i][0]; // Gets the first letter of the given part.
    $letters[] = $first_letter;
}

$initials_only = implode('.', array_map('strtoupper', $letters));

[dorco]

also check str_split() which will turn a word into array.

[Octet]

And also substr($Word[0], 0); which shall return letter 0 (first one) from an array of words. You can then iterate through the array and store it in whatever variable, or output directly to the screen as you please.

[johndohmen1963]

oke here

<?php

                    $string = "Jozef Margaretha Franciscus";
                    $word = strtoupper($string);
                    $words = explode(" ", $word);
                    $doopnamen = " ";
                    foreach($words as $value) { $doopnamen .= substr($value, 0, 1).'.'; }

                    //test
                    echo $word;
                    echo "<br/>";
                    echo $doopnamen;


                    ?>

[minitauros]

Well yea that's pretty much what I was thinking of :). Just a tip for your knowledge:

If you have a string, substr($string, 0, 1) does the same as $string[0]. Using $string[number] you can select any letter in a string.

[johndohmen1963]

I know but i need only first letters.

[minitauros]

I know! Therefore in your line

foreach($words as $value) { $doopnamen .= substr($value, 0, 1).'.'; }

The substr($value, 0, 1) could be replaced by $value[0].

If you know what I mean :). Anyway, good luck with your project!