3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/news.php b/news.php
index e55cff2..85cfe8f 100644
--- a/news.php
+++ b/news.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if ($handle = opendir('./news/')) {
 
 	foreach($filenames as $file) {
 		// sort($handle, SORT_NUMERIC);
-		if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file{0} != '.')) {
+		if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file[0] != '.')) {
 			echo "<h3>$file: ";
 
 			$data = file_get_contents("news/$file"); //read the file
diff --git a/newsentry.php b/newsentry.php
index 12835a3..33f091c 100644
--- a/newsentry.php
+++ b/newsentry.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 function writeNewsEntry($file, $prefix) {
 	// sort($handle, SORT_NUMERIC);
-	if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file{0} != '.')) {
+	if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file[0] != '.')) {
 		echo '<div class="news">';
 		echo "<h3>$file: ";
 		
diff --git a/rss.php b/rss.php
index 535b6e1..ba014d7 100644
--- a/rss.php
+++ b/rss.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function processDir($dirname, $phpfile) {
 		
 		foreach($filenames as $file) {
 			// sort($handle, SORT_NUMERIC);
-			if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file{0} != '.')) {
+			if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file[0] != '.')) {
 				echo "    <item>\n";
 				$datestring = $file;
 				$datestring = str_replace(".", "-", $datestring);