Taking a Variable and making the string inside it no longer than a set limit...

[spikypunker]

how do i do it?

 

Just simply take a variable from the Mysql, then before it's displayed on the page, limited to say, 15 characters?

 

Thanks!¬ (i know i'm being dumb but cant figure it out)

[MasterACE14]

try...

<?php
if(strlen($row['string']) > 15) {
  echo "string can not be that long!";
} else {
  echo $row['string'];
}
?>

[spikypunker]

haha yeah thatd work, but you misunderstand. I need to take a string thats already in the DB and display it on the page, but only the first 15 characters. So i want it to trim the end of if the variable is longer than 15 characters!

 

 

[MasterACE14]

<?php
echo trim(substr($row['string'],-15));
?>

[MasterACE14]

sorry that should be positive 16 not negative 15

<?php
echo trim(substr($row['string'],16));
?>