diff --git a/template.php b/template.php
index 1909ac5..30d1bc0 100755
--- a/template.php
+++ b/template.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function megatron_id_safe($string) {
   // Replace with dashes anything that isn't A-Z, numbers, dashes, or underscores.
   $string = strtolower(preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/', '-', $string));
   // If the first character is not a-z, add 'n' in front.
-  if (!ctype_lower($string{0})) { // Don't use ctype_alpha since its locale aware.
+  if (!ctype_lower($string[0])) { // Don't use ctype_alpha since its locale aware.
     $string = 'id'. $string;
   }
   return $string;