Posted by Russ Fineman on 03/31/05 06:09

Chris W. Parker wrote:

> Russ <mailto:russbucket@centurytel.net>
> on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:18 PM said:
>
>> I'm new to php and linux. I am trying to replace a password program I
>> used under windows with a mysql based login. I want to compare the
>> first character of the first and last name of the user for a capital
>> letter.
>
> Why? What does that accomplish?
>
>> <?php
>> $fname=John;
>> $lname=Smith;
>
> Where's the quotes?
>
>> if(strncmp(S,${lname},1) ===0) {
>> ?>
>> <h1>strncmp() must have returned returned non-false</h1>
>
> non-false = true
>
>> <?php
>> } else {
>>>
>> <h3>Strncmp() must have returned false</h3>
>> <?php
>> }
>> ?>
>
> Rewrite:
>
> <?php
>
> $fname = "John";
> $lname = "Smith";
>
> if(preg_match("/[A-Z]/", substr($fname ,0 ,1)))
> {
> echo "first letter is uppercase.";
> }
> else
> {
> echo "first letter is not uppercase";
> }
>
> ?>
>
> There might be a better way than a regex but that's the first thing that
> came to my mind.
>
>
> HTH,
> Chris.
Thanks Chris, I'll try that. I'm not really a programmer, done a little and
trying to learn as I go. I had quotes at one point but took them out tring
to get it to work.
--
Russ

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