RE: [PHP] Get just first 200 characters of field?

<?php function makebrief($string,$temp_max_length) { $temp_max_length = $max_length; $string_length=strlen($string); // Keep reducing the string until we reach a . or ! or ? hence only leaving a full sentence at the end do { if((!strcmp(substr($string,$temp_max_length,1),".")) || (!strcmp(substr($string,$temp_max_length,1),"?")) || (!strcmp(substr($string,$temp_max_length,1),"!"))) break; $temp_max_length--; } while($temp_max_length<$string_length); // if this results in a string smaller than zero then perform the same operation down to the nearest space. if ($temp_max_length < 1 ) { $temp_max_length = $max_length; do { if(!strcmp(substr($string,$temp_max_length,1)," ")) break; $temp_max_length--; } while($temp_max_length<$string_length); } // trim the string return trim(substr($string,0,$temp_max_length))."&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;."; } ?> -----Original Message----- From: James Montz [mailto:jmontz@ncn.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 15:01 To: php-db@lists.php.net; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Get just first 200 characters of field? Im working on my own news managment system for my web site, and I would like to be able to post on the main page the article header, and just the first 200 or so characters of the actual content of the article. How can this be done? Using PHP3 and MySQL? Is there a specific PHP or MySQL function that would accomplish this? Thanks in advance, ____________________ James C. Montz Systems Engineer Northwest Internet Services "A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine. " -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net