[SOLVED] String cutoff...

[iPixel]

Ok i basically need to check for string length and if its more then lets say 20 characters cutoff the rest and add a ... at the end.

 

$text = "This is my string which obviously is longer the 20 characters."
if($strlen($text) >= 20)
{
   // Cutoff anything past 20 characters.
   // So the results would look like ::: This is my string wh...
}
else
{
   // Leave the string $text alone
}

 

Im not quite sure what function to use to get this done, i've checked

the functions on http://us2.php.net/strings but unless im blind none of

the descriptions say what im looking to do.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

~iPixel

[AndyB]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

[thryb]

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,156164.0.html