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Split a name into first name and last initial without UTF8 malformed errors
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| <?php | |
| function convertName($full_name) { | |
| $split_name = explode(' ', $full_name); | |
| if (count($full_name) !== 2) { | |
| // Single word name. | |
| return $full_name; | |
| } | |
| // Must use mb_substr otherewise utf8 issues can occur with foreign names. | |
| return mb_substr($split_name[0], 0, 1) . ' ' . mb_substr($split_name[1], 0, 1) . '.'; | |
| } |
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