Online PHP editor | refs for OhANE

@ 2014-07-21T15:41:44Z

<?php
$string = 'a quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog';

            $charFirst = substr($string, 0, 1);
            $charLast  = substr($string, strlen($string) - 1, 1);

echo $charFirst . PHP_EOL;
echo $charLast . PHP_EOL;