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:
$string = "i have alot of words here and want to make it shorter";
ok, lets say i only want to show the first 15 characters from this string, how would i do that?
How To Limit Characters In A String In Php
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How To Limit Characters In A String In Php
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Posted On: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:01 pm
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Topic: How To Limit Characters In A String In Php
Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:12 pm
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Webune
Reply #762
you would do it like this:
the output will display something like this:
OUTPUT:
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echo substr($string, 0,15);
the output will display something like this:
OUTPUT:
i have alot of
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Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:58 pm
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rob
Reply #763
