help on string..

[MDanz]

how do i do, if string length is above 7, then display seven characters of the string and put ...(dot dot dot) afterwords..

 

e.g.  1234567...

 

i started but don't know how to finish

 

$limitz = 7;
if (strlen($usern) > $limitz)

[MDanz]

i got it working.. but now it comes up blank when the take $usern from mysql..

 

<?php


mysql_connect("localhost", "Master", "password");
mysql_select_db("db");
$lastreply = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Stacks")or die (mysql_error());

while($rowz = mysql_fetch_array($lastreply)){


$usern = $rowz['username'];

$limitz = 6;
if (strlen($usern) > $limitz)

 $newname = substr($usern, 0, $limitz) . '..'; 


echo $newname;

}



?>

[OOP]

Hi there,

Are you sure that you have some names in your database table with more than 6 characters?