Re: still stuck / newbie, simple problem / question

At 12:43 30-4-03, you wrote:

$topic = $user['topic']substr($topic, 0, 20)."..."; <<< this line dosent this should make a parse error, as $user['topic']substr($topic, 0, 20) is gramatically wrong.

if you would write $user['topic'].substr($topic, 0, 20), the grammar would be ok but the output would not be what you hope for, for as far as i can see the $topic you send to substr() is not set yet. i think you are looking for: $topic = substr($user['topic'], 0, 20)."...";