Getting the first character of a string

[theoneweasel77]

How would one get the first character of a string, regardless of what it is? I've looked through the PHP manual briefly and nothing looked obvious.
ex. $string = "somestring";
$string = somefunction($string); // returns "s

 

[cLFlaVA]

This one's easy!

[tt]$string = substr($string, 0, 1);[/tt]

*cLFlaVA
----------------------------
A pirate walks into a bar with a huge ship's steering wheel down his pants.
The bartender asks, "Are you aware that you have a steering wheel down your pants?"
The pirate replies, "Arrrrr! It's driving me nuts!

 

[ericbrunson]

<?php
$string = 'asdf';
print $string[0];
print $string{0};
print substr( $string, 0, 1 );
?>