Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

Thank you everyone, I REALLY appreciate it. Sorry my head isn't in place today and I couldn't think. Chris On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Devendra Jadhav <devendra.in@gmail.com> wrote: > mysql substr function > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_substr > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Chris Payne <chris_payne@danmangames.com> > wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > -- > Devendra Jadhav > देवेंद्र जाधव >