Posted by Josh Olson on 06/27/05 18:56

> I know that it is length, and I gave the correct length for an 11 character string minus two characters. But as always, there is more than
> one way to skin a mule.


$string = '12345678901';

$jayString = substr($string, 0, 9);
$kevinString = substr($string, 0, 8);

echo $jayString; // echos 123456789
echo '<br />'; // echos 12345678
echo $kevinString;

It turns out to "skin" a mule is to outsmart him. Because mules aren't
actually stubborn, they're just smarter than most of us.

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