PHP

php get first character of string

$firstStringCharacter = substr("hello", 0, 1);

first name of string php

$words = explode(" ", $string);

$firstname = $words[0];
$lastname = $words[1];
$third_word = $words[2];

php get first word of string

$value = "Test me more";
echo strtok($value, " "); // Test

return first name php

$firstname =  strstr("Full Name", " ", true);