- substr: documentation ( source)
- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
function validName($name) {
$name_first_character = substr($name, 0, 1);
if (in_array($name_first_character, array('.', '-', ' ', '_'))) {
return FALSE;
}
return TRUE;
}
$names =array('My Name',
'My.Name',
'My_Name',
' My Name',
'_My Name',
'.My Name');
foreach($names as $name) {
var_dump(validname($name));
}