On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:02 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > Let's say that I have an original string like: > > This is regular text <span class="text">with some text inside a > span</span> > > Let's say I want to trim it to 25 chars. > > "Brainless trimming" would give me something like > > "This is regular text <sp" > > Wich would completelly mess the design. > > However, if I finish the tag, the following text will be formatted by > the <span class="text"> tag, thus messing the design also. > > It also happened to trim to half, having the same effect. > > I want to find a smart way to do this trimming in order not to have any > side effects. > [/snip] > > Trim it to 25 characters? I think we may be missing the point of your > question. Can you clarify this for us? Are you wanting.... > > This is regular text <sp > an class="text">with som > e text inside a span</sp > an> > > ? I am wanting to This is regular text <sp... (see more) ;) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php