Normally I would waste a lot of time actually typing out the entire alphabet string:

$alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';

which can take a lot of time (Go on try it, I’ll bet no matter how fast you can type, typing out the alphabet quickly will be tricky!) then looping through the string like so:

for($i = 0; $i < strlen($alphabet); $i++)
{
  echo substr($alphabet, $i, 1);
} 

However there are 2 other much simpler methods:

Method 1 – Loop through the ASCII numbers

for($i = 65; $i <= 90; $i++)
{
  echo chr($i);
}

or my new personal favourite using PHP’s range() function:

Method 2 – Using range()

foreach(range('A', 'Z') as $i)
{
  echo $i;
}

Then all you have to do is add in any code to make sure you set the right CSS selectors and highlight which letter you are currently viewing and add the ability to filter by first letter to your list function.

Simple.

Practicle Internet Filtering

“Saw this in the San Clemente, Ca library. I was performing my magic show and took this poor pic on my Treo. The ‘unfiltered’ side faces the reference desk so the librarians can monitor usage but they say it has reduced abuse and given adults uncensored access to the internet.”

Amazing Dana noticed this