How to Echo a limited number of text

[designedfree4u]

How do i Echo a limited amount of text. I fopen a txt file but i only what to echo only a certain amount. Sort of like a headlines you see in news headers.

 

<?php

$file = "hello.txt";
$fp = fopen($file, "r");
while(!feof($fp)) {
$data = fgets($fp, 1024);
echo "$data <br>";
} 
fclose($fp); 

?>

[maxudaskin]

substr

 

<?php

$file = "hello.txt";
$fp = fopen($file, "r");
while(!feof($fp)) {
$data = fgets($fp, 1024);
echo substr($data,0,150); // Echos first 150 characters
echo "<br />";
} 
fclose($fp); 

?>

[designedfree4u]

Ah cool. thanks allot

[maxudaskin]

if you want it to cut it off at about x characters but leave the last word there you will have to use a combo of strlen/substr and preg_match/preg_match_all

[designedfree4u]

Awsome, Why is it when i fopen a word doc it prints mumbo jumbo.

 

Thanks in advance

[maxudaskin]

Because the way it is written and encoded. I believe that word is just like an RTF.

[designedfree4u]

Now i'm trying to make a br every 75, which it does but it removed the 50 charactor limit

 

What it looks like:

http://www.jaybirdfolio.com/display%20image.php

 

<?php

$file = "hello.txt";
$fp = fopen($file, "r");
while(!feof($fp)) {
$data = fgets($fp, 1024);
$text = $data;
$newtext = wordwrap($data, 75, "<br />\n");
echo $newtext;
echo substr($newtext,0,50); // Echos first 50 characters
} 
fclose($fp); 

?>

Eventualy i'm going to try to place into a div.

[designedfree4u]

never mind i think i'm going to format with css