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how to limit characters in a string in php
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This Post Was Posted On Feb 29, 2008 By questions #847

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hi, im fairly new to php, and i was wondering if its possible to limit the numbers of letter or numbers (characters) in a string. for example, i have this sample code string:

$string = "i have alot of words here and want to make it shorter";

ok, lets say i only want to show the first 15 characters from this string, how would i do that?

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rob

#1097 1

yes, this is very helpful.

Feb 28, 2008 Reply Report abuse

Webune

#1096 2

you would do it like this:

echo substr($string, 0,15);

the output will display something like this:

OUTPUT:

i have alot of

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