RE: [PHP] Limit output of query field

This add a bit more functionality, in that it will adjust to the nearest end of a word, and includes a 'more' link to the full text. This also assumes that the article may already only be 50 chars or less. $maxsize = 50; // might be better as a DEFINE $post = $row->text; $post = (strlen($post) > $maxsize ) ? substr(substr($post,0,$maxsize-1), 0, strrpos(substr($post,0,$maxsize-1),' '))."...<a href='your_url_to_full_text'> more</a>" : $post; -----Original Message----- From: fkeessen@planet.nl [mailto:fkeessen@planet.nl] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 6:59 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Limit output of query field Hi there, Hope you can help me with the following: I have a query and i'm showing the output: echo $row->text; That goes o.k. but the text is 400 characters long and I only one to show the first 50 characters and at the end showing ... dot's.. Help! Thank you very much! Frank