[SOLVED] HELP! First letter of a variable

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rapaddict_dot_com
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HELP! First letter of a variable

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if I have a variable like $<span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span>="cheese"; how do I return just the first letter of it?

ie I want it to echo "c" in this case
redmonkey
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$somevar = 'cheese';
echo $somevar{0};
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Post by rapaddict_dot_com »

life saver... thanks
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