i want to echo only 200-300 characters or 1-2 lines of data means ...

[shahzad]

$query_data['Comments'];

i have one comments filed but what i want now is.

 

if data is more than 1-2 lines or more than 100 characters end user with see only 2 lines and ... at the end

so that he can click read more to view all.

 

please help me with it.

 

Thanks in advance

[Buddski]

substr($string,0,300) for the first..

and are lines determined by line breaks or plain old text overflow?

[shahzad]

plain old text overflow

[shahzad]

thanks for you help..

but bye this substr($string,0,300) 

i get first 300 chars but now how to add 3 dots if there is more data..

 

if data is less then 300 then no need for dots.

[Buddski]

If its text overflow you cannot do it with PHP (as far as I know)

Your best bet is to pick a max length that will look good in your layout and trim it down to fit nicely..

 

$max_len = 300; // Only show 300 characters //
echo (strlen($string) > $max_len ? substr($string,0,$max_len).'...' : $string);

will do the trick (UNTESTED)

[shahzad]

Thanks Thanks its working fine 

 

one more thing if i want to show full text once user clicks ...

is it possible or not?

 

 

[trq]

Yes its possible. Make a link to a page that displays the full article.