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Selecting first 25 chars of a string.

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:21 pm
by Mightywayne
I need to get the first 25 chars of a string into another variable. That's it. The variable can be like 500 chars and I just need to take the first 25 and display them. (it's a preview script sorta thing)

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$message = chunk_split($message,25,"...");
chunk_split is the best I can find and it isn't even doing what I need it to. :(

Re: Selecting first 25 chars of a string.

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:23 pm
by Syntac

Re: Selecting first 25 chars of a string.

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:24 pm
by andyhoneycutt
try the substring function

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$message = "asdfasdf...";
$start = 0; // the first character of the string.
$end = 25; // grab 25 characters from $start.
$preview = substr($message,$start,$end);
echo $preview;
-Andy

Re: Selecting first 25 chars of a string.

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:07 pm
by Mightywayne
Oh, I guess I misunderstood substr. Thanks a lot, guys, I feel dumb now. :|