Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?
| From: | Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto | Date: | Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:15:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string? | ||
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Have you tried tha substr PHP function?
"Chris Payne" <chris_payne@danmangames.com> escreveu na mensagem
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
> characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
> method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
> of whether they are letters or numbers?
>
> Chris