Question about hiding the last name

[TennShadow]

Quick question.

I had a staff member ask me if there was a way to only show their last name initial instead of their full last name? They didn't like the fact that where ever their name showed up it is their full name. Is this possible?

I personally don't care one way or the other but I figured I'd ask.

Thanks,

Keith

[simpilot]

Sure is. Just do ->

<?php
    echo $pilot->lastname[0];
?>

[TennShadow]

Sure is. Just do ->

<?php
echo $pilot->lastname[0];
?>

Awesome, thanks!

[TennShadow]

I never got this to work and I kind of forgot about it until now.

Here is what the code is in two of the templates I would need to edit.

In Pilot_List.tpl I have

<?php echo $pilot->firstname.'  '.$pilot->lastname?>

In Pilot_Public_Porfile.tpl I have

<?php echo  $userinfo->firstname . ' ' . $userinfo->lastname?>

How would I change that to not show the last name since it is not using the format above?

Thanks...

[Nabeel]

Just add a [0] to the lastname, so:

$userinfo->lastname[0]

Basically a string is an array of characters, so by doing [0], you're telling it to only take the first element of the array

[TennShadow]

Just add a [0] to the lastname, so:

$userinfo->lastname[0]

Basically a string is an array of characters, so by doing [0], you're telling it to only take the first element of the array

That worked!

Thank you for your help!