[SOLVED] php limit

[dezkit]

is it possible so that if Team2 has a name of more than 4, so that it shows three dots "..."

 

<h2 class="matches"><span>Matches</span></h2>
<div class="cbox">
<div class="matches">
	<?
	$q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `matches` ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 0,5");
	$matches = mysql_num_rows($q);
	if($matches > 0) {
	?>

	<table cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10px;">
	<?
	$i = 0;
	while($r = mysql_fetch_array($q)) {
		$i += 1;
		$winner = split("-",$r['score']);
		if($winner[0] > $winner[1]) {
			$status = "<td class=\"win\">Win</td>";
		} else if($winner[0] < $winner[1]) {
			$status = "<td class=\"loss\">Loss</td>";
		} else {
			$status = "<td class=\"tie\">Tie</td>";
		}
		?>
		<tr class="row<?=($i&1)?>">
			<td><font style="font-size:9px; color: #888888;">vs</font> <?=$r['team2']?></td>
			<td class="score"><?=$r['score']?></td>
			<?=$status?>
		</tr>
	<? }
	?></table><?
	} else {

		echo "<p>We haven't played any matches yet!</p>";
	}
	?>
	<p><a href="index.php?p=matches">View all matches</a></p>

</div>
</div>

[DarkWater]

if (strlen($name) > 4) {

  $name .= "...";

}

[whizard]

you mean

 

if(strlen($Team2) > 4)

{

print "...";

}

 

oops... got beat

[dezkit]

thanks for the code, but where do i put?

[dezkit]

oops i worded it wrong, i meant

 

so that if team2 has more than 4 characters, display the first 4 characters and then display "..."

[DarkWater]

@whizard: Wasn't paying attention to the var name, lol.

 

@dezkit:

 

if (strlen($Team2) > 4) {

$Team2 = substr($Team2, 0, 4) . "...";

}

[whizard]

wow DarkMatter... you're fast! It took me like 30seconds to read and respond but when I hit submit, it said someone had already posted! lol

 

 

[discomatt]

One line...

 

echo (  strlen( $r['team2'] ) > 4 ? substr( $r['team2'], 0, 4 ).'...' : $r['team2']  );

 

Replace

<?=$r['team2']?>

 

With

<?php echo (  strlen( $r['team2'] ) > 4 ? substr( $r['team2'], 0, 4 ).'...' : $r['team2']  ); ?>

[dezkit]

haha, thanks DarkWater and discomatt!!!

 

 

P.S.

@whizard.... its DarkWater not DarkMatter

[DarkWater]

@whizard: I type quickly. =P

 

@dezkit: Use discomatt's (same as mine, just he showed you where to put it)

 

Also @dezkit: Don't use short tags (<?= ).  Use regular php tags, it's always better.

 

[dezkit]

kk, thanks bro. <3

topic solved

[discomatt]

Just to elaborate... using full tags isn't necessarily 'better.' Full tags are more compatible... as some server have short tags turned off.

 

If you want to make sure you script will work on ANY php build you execute it on, always use full tags (<?php #code# ?> )

 

If you only plan on executing the script on YOUR server, then short tags are fine and dandy and will save you a bit of time and disk space

[DarkWater]

If he is going to worry himself to sleep over 7 bytes (no last 'p', no space, no echo,  and no space), then he needs to reconsider his priorities. =P  And yeah, don't use short tags if you want it to always be compatible.

[dezkit]

i got Unlimited disk space and Unlimited data transfer on my webhost

 

so no worries!!