substr help

[ltoto]

basically just wondering whats wrong with this

<?php
substr($row_rsGolf['pagesContent'], 0, 300);?>

and why it is not working, its not showing up and error though...

[.josh]

try

<?php
echo substr($row_rsGolf['pagesContent'], 0, 300);?>

if that doesn't work, try echoing the variable itself, as it probably doesn't hold what you expect it to be holding.

[ltoto]

ahhh that works, but how do i strip tags on it

[.josh]

try looking at [url=http://www.php.net/strip_tags]strip_tags[/url]. If that is not what you are looking for, then try being more specific.  For starters, it would help if you mentioned what your variable is supposed to be holding and what the goal here is - like a "before" and "after" example.

[ltoto]

i used strip_tags, it worked fine, but it cuts the text with a picture, so the picture doesnt show, which is what I want, but it also takes the text characters down more then it should