function for displaying for example the first 20 chars of a variable

[Giddy Rob]

Hi,

 

I know there is a php function, which allows you to specify how many characters you would like to display from the contents of a variable but i cant for the life of me remember what it is.

 

Could someone please jog my memory

 

cheers

[micah1701]

substr()

 

echo substr('abcdef', 0, 4);  // returns: abcd

[DarkWater]

Yeah, it's substr().   Someone beat me to it.  *Grumble*

[Giddy Rob]

Thats the one!

 

Cheers