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need help on substr function on PHP - El Forum - 10-30-2008
[eluser]ebot[/eluser]
hello i will love any one to help me out on how to use the substr function on PHP, i will like to use it to limit the number of characters displayed. i don't know if anyone knows where i can get more informations on this
thanks for any help
need help on substr function on PHP - El Forum - 10-30-2008
[eluser]freshface[/eluser]
http://www.php.net/substr
need help on substr function on PHP - El Forum - 10-30-2008
[eluser]Joe_Archer[/eluser]
Code:
substr(string,starting character,[ending character])ending character is optional.
first character is 0
last character is -1
so to get the first 4 characters of 'Hello' you would do
Code:
substr('Hello',0,3)if you just want to limit the number of characters displayed in a view, i suggest using Codeigniter's Text Helper which has both word_limiter() and character_limiter() functions.
http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/helpers/text_helper.html
need help on substr function on PHP - El Forum - 10-31-2008
[eluser]ebot[/eluser]
Thanks everyone for all help i am greatful you know.
God keep everyone,