[SOLVED] Manipulating Strings

[Guardian-Mage]

I have a PHP script that grabs a string out of a database. I need to echo the first 13 letters of that string. How can i do that

 

ex:

We just released the Jordan Wilkens 2 Trailer on Youtube. Go ahead and check it out. The movie stars Jordan Wilkens as Jordan Wilkens. Please vote for the new movie.

 

result:

We just relea...

 

I know how to add the ... to the end, just not how to get the first part of the string.

 

Thanks

[pocobueno1388]

$string = "We just released the Jordan Wilkens 2 Trailer on Youtube.";

$string = substr($string, 0, 13);

echo $string . "...";