$words= "If length is given and is negative, then that many characters will be omitted from the end of string (after the start position has been calculated when a start is negative). If start denotes a position beyond this truncation, an empty string will be returned. "; echo substr($words, 0, 50)."......."; ?> I have been using this but how can I make sure I do not split a word in half? - Finishing on a <space> would probably do it.
You could use wordwrap() to wrap lines at 50 characters and then just take the first line....
http://us3.php.net/wordwrap -philip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
