limit characters based on total number of characters .. ??

[imarockstar]

I am displaying data on my site. (duh) .. and I am limiting the character display to 200 characters.

I am using the below code :

 

<?= substr($text,0,200)  ?>

 

The above works great. My question is that what if the total number of characters to be displayed is less then 200, at that point I do not need to display a read more link. However if the total number of characters IS over 200 I need to display a (read more) link ..

 

anyone know the best way to do this ?

 

b

 

[rhodesa]

<?php
  if(strlen($text) > 200){
    print substr($text,0,200);
    print '<a href="more.php">Read More...</a>';
  }else{
    print $text;
  }
?>

[Adam]

if (strlen($text) < 200)
{
    echo $text;
}
else
{
    echo sustr($text, 0, 200) . ' ... <a href="readmore.php?id=#">Read more</a>';
}

 

EDIT: rhodesa beat me too it!