How would you limit a text size. For example you have a tekst of 1000 words but only want to disply the first 100 and give the poss. to click on more.

Is there a function?

Hi Enquest !

Use the function substr($yoursstring,0,100) which will give you the 100 first character of your 1000-long string.

For more info look at :www.php.net/substr

Bruno

--- Better to die trying, than never try at all ---

Aha thats the one I was searchin thanks!

An easier way to do this is using the mysql query
and put something like
SELECT field, SUBSTRING_INDEX(field, '.', 2) AS fieldname
FROM table_name

Would there be an argument against this?
Anyway thanxs for the help...

Just learning slowly

(Always forget to say something. sorry for that)

Its easier because it stops at a sentence and not in the middle of a word. Also possible to select it on words ' ' counting the spaces...

I'm using php and mx and would like to crop a sentence. Does anyone know how to change the code below so that it will display the first 100 characters.

<?php echo $Recordset1->Fields ('db_field'); ?>

Hello,

You can use the first method presented in this thread :

substr($Recordset1->Fields ('db_field'),0,100)
<?php echo substr($Recordset1->Fields ('db_field'),0,100); ?>




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