Styling first element

[LeoMart1212]

By using  <?php echo htmlspecialchars($row_rsDetails['part1']); ?> I got the text out of a mysql-database table. Now I would like to style the first letter of the first paragraph (<span class="dropCap"), but I cannot imagine how to apply it in a php-rule. How should I manage that?

Leo

[David_Powers · Accepted solution]

Use the PHP function substr() to extract the substring:

<span class="dropCap"><?php echo substr($row_rsDetails['part1'], 0, 1); ?></span>
<?php echo htmlspecialchars(substr($row_rsDetails['part1'], 1)); ?>

[LeoMart1212]

Thank you very much - that has been far beyond my knowledge.

Leo