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[!--quoteo(post=350921:date=Mar 2 2006, 06:48 AM:name=Rackspace)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Rackspace @ Mar 2 2006, 06:48 AM) [snapback]350921[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
Hello peeps,
does anyone know a simple way to limit a string to the first word in it?
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Another possibility:
<?php
//-- Using string methods
$mystring = "Hello there";
$mystring = substr($mystring,0,strpos($mystring,' '));
echo $mystring;

//-- Using regular expressions
$str = "Hi there";
$pattern = '/^([\w]*)(\b)/';
preg_match($pattern, $str, $matches);
echo $matches[1];
?>

I admit, I'm not nearly an expert with regular expressions, so there could be a better way than that proposed.
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