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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Datatypes Strings

Posted by Jiaming Zhang
Jiaming Zhang
10,170 Points

get subset of string in PHP

I am following the new PHP Basics - String & Booleans episode. In the tutorial, Hampton use a method to obtain a letter in a string, like

$name = "Jason";
echo $name{0};

It does not work for me. I am using "PHP 5.4.24 (cli)" on a Mac machine. Anyone has some idea what may goes wrong. Thanks.

3 Answers

Chris Malcolm
Chris Malcolm
2,909 Points
Chris Malcolm
Chris Malcolm
2,909 Points

try [] not {}

<?php
echo $name[0];
?>
Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
24,848 Points
Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
24,848 Points

If that's the case, how come { } works in Hampton Paulk's example? :/

Josh Grupp
Josh Grupp
7,060 Points
Josh Grupp
Josh Grupp
7,060 Points

Chris has this right, the square brackets "[" and "]" are what you use for specifying the position in the string.