PHP function to get the first letter of Chinese pinyin

PHP function to get the first letter of Chinese pinyin
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=ord("A") && ord($fchar)<=ord("z") )
 return strtoupper($fchar);
 $str=iconv("UTF-8" ,"gb2312", $str);
 $asc=ord($str[0])*256+ord($str[1])-65536;
 if($asc>=-20319 and $asc<=- 20284)return "A";
 if($asc>=-20283 and $asc<=-19776)return "B";
 if($asc>=-19775 and $asc<=-19219)return "C" ;
 if($asc>=-19218 and $asc<=-18711)return "D";
 if($asc>=-18710 and $asc<=-18527)return "E";
 if($asc> ;=-18526 and $asc<=-18240)return "F";
 if($asc>=-18239 and $asc<=-17923)return "G";
 if($asc>=-17922 and $ asc<=-17418)return "H";
 if($asc>=-17417 and $asc<=-16475)return "I";
 if($asc>=-16474 and $asc<=-16213) return "J";
 if($asc>=-16212 and $asc<=-15641)return "K";
 if($asc>=-15640 and $asc<=-15166)return "L";
 if($asc>=-15165 and $asc<=-14923)return "M";
 if($asc>=-14922 and $asc<=-14915)return "N";
 if($asc>= -14914 and $asc<=-14631)return "P";
 if($asc>=-14630 and $asc<=-14150)return "Q";
 if($asc>=-14149 and $asc< =-14091)return "R";
 if($asc>=-14090 and $asc<=-13319)return "S";
 if($asc>=-13318 and $asc<=-12839)return " T";
 if($asc>=-12838 and $asc<=-12557)return "W";
 if($asc>=-12556 and $asc<=-11848)return "X";
 if( $asc>=-11847 and $asc<=-11056)return "Y";
 if($asc>=-11055 and $asc<=-10247)return "Z";
 return null;
}
echo getfirstchar ("Haha!");