How to get the first letter of pinyin in a string in php

For example: $str = 'People of China';

Come back to ZHRM;

The following is a function of my Baidu, but it may go wrong in some cases, for example: Chongqing

The one who returned is ZQ

<code>function getfirstchar($s0) {
        $firstchar_ord = ord(strtoupper($s0{0}));
        if (($firstchar_ord >= 65 and $firstchar_ord <= 91)or ( $firstchar_ord >= 48 and $firstchar_ord <= 57))
            return $s0{0};
        $s = iconv("UTF-8", "gb2312", $s0);
        $asc = ord($s{0}) * 256 + ord($s{1}) - 65536;
        if ($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 $asc <= -16475)
            return "J";
        if ($asc >= -16474 and $asc <= -16213)
            return "K";
        if ($asc >= -16212 and $asc <= -15641)
            return "L";
        if ($asc >= -15640 and $asc <= -15166)
            return "M";
        if ($asc >= -15165 and $asc <= -14923)
            return "N";
        if ($asc >= -14922 and $asc <= -14915)
            return "O";
        if ($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;
    }</code>

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For example: $str = 'People of China';

Come back to ZHRM;

The following is a function of my Baidu, but it may go wrong in some cases, for example: Chongqing

The one who returned is ZQ

<code>function getfirstchar($s0) {
        $firstchar_ord = ord(strtoupper($s0{0}));
        if (($firstchar_ord >= 65 and $firstchar_ord <= 91)or ( $firstchar_ord >= 48 and $firstchar_ord <= 57))
            return $s0{0};
        $s = iconv("UTF-8", "gb2312", $s0);
        $asc = ord($s{0}) * 256 + ord($s{1}) - 65536;
        if ($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 $asc <= -16475)
            return "J";
        if ($asc >= -16474 and $asc <= -16213)
            return "K";
        if ($asc >= -16212 and $asc <= -15641)
            return "L";
        if ($asc >= -15640 and $asc <= -15166)
            return "M";
        if ($asc >= -15165 and $asc <= -14923)
            return "N";
        if ($asc >= -14922 and $asc <= -14915)
            return "O";
        if ($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;
    }</code>

You can try this Pinyin library:

http://overtrue.me/pinyin/
http://overtrue.me/articles/2014/10/php-chinese-to-pinyin.html

You can use http://overtrue.me/pinyin/, an open source project

There is no way to solve polyphonic characters, unless you write an enumeration to exclude them yourself