Hello,

First and foremost, thank you very much for a great module and the support base!

I was wondering if it is possible to get the initial of the last name in a field.
i.e. Last name: Johnson => to show as "J." in the field

Thank you very much in advance!

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casey’s picture

casey commented 
echo $data->node_data_field_lastname[0] . '.';

or

echo substr($data->node_data_field_lastname, 0, 1) . '.';
Bilmar’s picture

Bilmar commented

Hello casey!

Thank you for the quick support.

Using the above code I am only seeing a " . " for the field in the view.
I'm sorry I forgot to mention that I am using content profile (if it may have an impact on the code).

Also, is it necessary to have any arguments/relationships?

I apologize but not familiar with php programming, and currently starting to learn from guides available online.

Thank you!

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casey commented

1. You have to add the lastname field to the view (and exclude it from display).
2. I am just using an example variable. You have to find out what the name of the needed variable is. For this you can use

print_r($data);
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Bilmar commented

From what I have learning from php guides in the past week, it just clicked from your explanation!
I will try adding lastname field to the view and exclude it from display, then print_r to get the variable.

As a side note - would this be the only way of doing this?

Thanks casey!