[SOLVED] Shorten Text Output

[SkyRanger]

Is there a way to shorten text output when pulled from mysql.

 

Example:

This is where the subject would be going and the message would be followed below 

 

Is there a way to shorten it to be:

This is where the subject would be.......

[MadTechie]

 

<?php
$data = "fhjsad dhjas dhasjkdh ashdjkas dhjas dhaskjd ashdj hasjkd hsakjd hsajdhsakjd hsakjd hsaj hjk";
echo substr($data, 0, 25)."...";

?>

[SkyRanger]

Awesome, sort of worked the way I wanted it too.  It seemed to put ... on all of the subjects instead of just the ones that were so may characters long.  But thanks MadTechie

[MadTechie]

ahh ok

try

<?php

$len = 25;
$data = "fhjsad dhjas dhasjkdh ashdjkas dhjas dhaskjd ashdj hasjkd hsakjd hsajdhsakjd hsakjd hsaj hjk";
echo (strlen($data) > $len ? substr($data, 0, $len)."..." : $data);

?>

[SkyRanger]

MatTechie, you are a genius, that worked awesome.  Thank you very much.

[MadTechie]

most welcome, but please click solved 

 

lol Beat me to it