Get first character of string
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PHP[edit]
Using the PHP: substr function[1]
not binary safe
$string = 'apple';
if (function_exists('mb_substr')) {
echo mb_substr($string, 0, 1, 'UTF-8');
}
echo substr($string, 0, 1);
// return 'a'
Javascript[edit]
Using charAt() Method[2]
var str = 'apple';
var first_character = str.charAt(0);
console.log("first_character: " + first_character);