Re: Manipulating strings

Then you'll need this as well: http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php **strpos** ( $text , '<br />' <http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed>, strlen($text)/2 ); Will give you the position. Use str_replace to insert your ad. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Ron Piggott wrote: > The first question was to find out how long the blog entry was (number > of paragraphs.) > > I am wanting to put an ad in half way. Consequently there are going to > be many <br /> 's before the one I am wanting to add text to. > > How should I handle this? > > Ron > > On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 20:55 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: > >> For the second question: >> http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php >> http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php >> >> Thank you, >> Micah Gersten >> onShore Networks >> Internal Developer >> http://www.onshore.com >> >> >> >> Ron Piggott wrote: >> >>> I have a series of questions. >>> >>> How do I count the number of <br /> 's in a string? >>> >>> How do I add text in the middle of a string, let's say after the 3rd >>> <br /> >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> >>>