you can do this as a part of your db query check the string functions available for your rdbms. mysql would use something like; SELECT SUBSTRING(monthname(blah), 0, 3) AS monthAbbrev FROM tablename from memory HTH beau // -----Original Message----- // From: John Coder [mailto:jcoder@insightbb.com] // Sent: Friday, 1 November 2002 9:47 AM // To: php-db@lists.php.net // Subject: string // // // I want to list months found in db by the first three letters as in an // abbrevaition of the months i.e.: // Jan // Feb // Mar // Apr // and so forth // I can get the names by monthname(blah) but am stuck on converting // strings to first three letters I"ve been trying explode("",$blah) but // that doesn't work. I'm at a loss here I can't find the correct string // function for this. help would be greatly appreciated. // // John Coder // // // // // -- // PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) // To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php // -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
