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<?php $names = array('Anderson','Beresford','Donovan','Amit','Graham'); $alphabet = array(); $previous_letter = ''; foreach($names as $value) { if($value[0] != $previous_letter) { $alphabet[] = $previous_letter = $value[0]; } } print_r($alphabet); ?>

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