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Posted by Philip Hallstrom on 10/12/77 11:25
> $words= "If length is given and is negative,
> then that many characters will be omitted from
> the end of string (after the start position has
> been calculated when a start is negative). If start
> denotes a position beyond this truncation, an empty
> string will be returned. ";
>
> echo substr($words, 0, 50).".......";
> ?>
>
>
> I have been using this but how can I make sure I do not split a word in
> half? - Finishing on a <space> would probably do it.
You could use wordwrap() to wrap lines at 50 characters and then just take
the first line....
http://us3.php.net/wordwrap
-philip
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