Re: newbie, simple problem / question
| From: | Rolf Brusletto | Date: | Wed, 30 Apr 2003 01:14:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: newbie, simple problem / question | ||
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Paul - depending on what you need, the following will work..
$msg = substr($msg,0,40);
will cut the string at 40 chars no matter what..
Rolf Brusletto
PHP / MySQL Coder
http://www.phpexamples.net
- [ Paul Ferrie ] - wrote:
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Can someone tell me to shoreten stirng information. I mean: Load information from db $msg="blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah " ; What i am trying to do is before the information is sent to output I want to shorten it so that it is like $msg="blah blah blah..." ; cheers