protected function firstLetter()
    {
        $string = trim((string) $this->getParameter('string'));
        $lower = (boolean) $this->getParameter('lower');
        return StringUtils::firstLetter($string, $lower);
    }
protected function firstLetter()
    {
        $string = trim((string) $this->getParameter('string'));
        $lower = (boolean) $this->getParameter('lower');
        return StringUtils::firstLetter($string, $lower);
    }
protected function firstLetter ( ) { $ string = trim ( ( string ) $ this -> getParameter ( 'string' ) ) ; $ lower = ( boolean ) $ this -> getParameter ( 'lower' ) ; return StringUtils :: firstLetter ( $ string , $ lower ) ; }
Return the first character from a string.

Expected Params:
string   string
lower    boolean  return string in lower case.  defaults to false

@return string
Return the first character from a string .