note 110370 deleted from function.substr by googleguy

Note Submitter: Nico -at- www.nokes.de ---- Easy way to short a string <?php function short_me($string, $long){ $short_string = (strlen($string) > $long ? substr($string, 0, $long) . "&hellip;" : $string); return $short_string; } $text = "Hello, this is an example."; // Lenght: 20 // Output echo $text; // -> Hello, this is an example. echo short_me($text, 8); // -> Hello, t… echo short_me($text, 5); // -> Hello… echo short_me($text, -5); // -> Hello, this is an exa… ?> Thanks to firepanther (www.coderz.pro)