Get first letter from string in php and insert a html command

Question

I try to get first character from string and insert a html command for it.

<?php
    $str = nl2br($personal_data['about']);
    if $str[0] {
?>
    <span class="dropcap">
<?php }  echo $str[0] ?>

I try something like that, but don't works.

Please, give me another idea for do that.

Thanks for help!

Answer 1

You can use the function substr() for get the letters you want.

substr ( $YourString, Int StartLetter, Int NumberLetter)

So for you that will be like this.

$str = substr ( $personal_data['about'] , 0 , 1 )

Hope this helps.