$value) { $array[] = explode(" ", $value); } $word = array_splice($array, 0, 1); $word_arr = str_split($word[0][0]); $first_letter = $word_arr[$array[0][0]]; $second_letter = $word_arr[$array[0][1]]; $word_arr[$array[0][0]] = $second_letter; $word_arr[$array[0][1]] = $first_letter; echo implode("", $word_arr).PHP_EOL; ?>