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Posted by M. Sokolewicz on 09/30/77 11:10
Mário Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Portgal we have big names.
> My complete name, for instance, is "Mário Augusto Machado dos Reis Gamito".
> "Mário" is the Christian name and "Gamito" - the last one - is always
> the last name of the father.
>
> I have a form where i want to let my users insert their full big name
> like mine, but i want to shorten them just to the first and the last.
>
> For example, if i fill the form with "Mário Augusto Machado dos Reis
> Gamito", i want to change this string to only "Mário Gamito".
>
> The total number of names is not fix.
> Could be 3, 4, 5, 6,...
> My son name is "Manuel Ramos Gamito". Only 3 names.
> Should be changed to "Manuel Gamito", also.
>
> I've looked at the strings functions in the manual, made a lot of
> experiences, but couldn't get there :(
>
> Does anyone knows how to do this ?
>
> Any help would be apreciated.
>
> Warm Regards,
> Mário Gamito
<?php
$parts = explode(' ', $fullName);
$shortenedName = $parts[0].' '.$parts[count($parts)-1];
?>
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