How to get the first letter from custom field?

Try this….

<?php

$string = get_field('first_name');
echo $string[0];

?>

I am not that much familiar with ACF. But my answer is based on their function reference here http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/the_field/

Hope this helps.

Sabbir H

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