You don't need a function to do something repeatedly.
You need some kind of loop, such as 'while', 'for' or 'foreach'
Try working through a PHP / MySQL tutorial, as it will cover this.
On Fri, March 23, 2007 10:55 am, Dwayne Heronimo wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> hmm.. sorry the $previewstext thing was a typo in my mail.
>
> But yes it is working but it will only display the first record of the
> recordset. I have like a list for items with short text in a page and
> of
> course made a query to make the database variables available. Which
> where
> the variable $row_show_cat['text']; comes from.
>
> This is why I thought that i may have to rewrite it into a function to
> display the $row_show_cat['text']; in a repeated reagion.
>
>
> I have rewritten my function:
>
> <?php
> function previewString($showcatvar) {
>
> $minitxt = $showcatvar;
> $len = strlen($minitxt);
>
> if ($len > 235)
> {
> $len = 235;
> }
> else
> {
> $len = $len;
> }
>
> $newstring = substr($minitxt,0,$len);
>
> $previewtext = $newstring;
>
> $previewtext = $whowcatvar;
>
> return $previewtext;
> }
> ?>
>
> And to to show it later in the page:
> <?php echo previewString($row_show_cat['text']); ?>
> but this still won't anywould display anything. :S
>
> Please let me know.
>
> ""Tijnema !"" <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:d8269d910703230826o39de7e53we1f3ac6267a2f0a4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On 3/23/07, Dwayne Heronimo <dwayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am very new to programming. I want to make a preview text that
>>> would
>>> display only a part of the text that is a text field in a database.
>>>
>>> //Begin Make preview string
>>>
>>> $minitxt = $row_show_cat['text'];
>>> $len = strlen($minitxt);
>>>
>>> if ($len > 235)
>>> {
>>> $len = 235;
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> $len = $len;
>>> }
>>>
>>> $newstring = substr($minitxt,0,$len);
>>>
>>> $previewtext = $newstring;
>>>
>>> //End Make preview string
>>>
>>> But if I want to display this somewhere in the page it will only
>>> display
>>> the
>>> first record of at every text column row <?php echo $previewstext
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Althought I am very new to php and programming. I thought maybe I
>>> should
>>> rewrite it into a function. But my function won't work.
>>>
>>>
>>> function previewString($showcatvar) {
>>>
>>> $minitxt = $showcatvar;
>>> $len = strlen($minitxt);
>>>
>>> if ($len > 235)
>>> {
>>> $len = 235;
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> $len = $len;
>>> }
>>>
>>> $newstring = substr($minitxt,0,$len);
>>>
>>> $previewtext = $newstring;
>>>
>>> $previewtext = $whowcatvar;
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> and to display it in the page:
>>>
>>> <?php echo previewString($row_show_cat['text']) ?>
>>>
>>> IT displays notthing. But I think I am doing somthing wrong. I am
>>> assigning
>>> the wrong variables to the $row_show_cat['text']) ???
>>>
>>> Please let me know
>>
>> I'm currently not sure why your first piece of code isn't working,
>> but
>> the second is quite simple. You aren't returning any variable in
>> your
>> function, and so it won't output anything. Add the following:
>> return $previewtext;
>> Just before the }
>>
>> Then it will return something, but i think not what you wanted to :(
>>
>> Tijnema
>>>
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