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@ 2015-03-24T15:16:19Z

<?php
$string = '1234@#$ABCFG3478&*';
if (preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $string, $match)) {
    $firstLetter = $match[0];
} else {
    // there's no letters in string
}

echo $firstLetter;

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preg_match: documentation ( source)

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47.22 ms | 402 KiB | 5 Q