curly offset syntax

 
<?php
   $thing = "php";
   echo $thing;
   echo "<br />";
   echo $thing{0};
   echo $thing{1};
   echo $thing{2};
?>

1.	Check string password
2.	Combine an expression with a string
3.	Comparing strings with the equality operator
4.	Comparing strings
5.	An Escape
6.	PHP 5 Substring Functions
7.	Escape Characters That Act As Anchors
8.	Escape Characters in PHP
9.	Escape sequences and their meanings (continued)
10.	Indexing Strings
11.	Getting an individual byte in a string
12.	Processing each byte in a string
13.	Some string examples
14.	Using {x} notation with strings to read or write individual characters
15.	Using Escaped Characters
16.	Supported String Delimiters

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