Show the first 236 characters....

[Link14716]

Well, say I have a variable of text, $text. This variable may have 400 characters or more. What I want to do is cut out the extra characters, leaving it with 236, and if the original variable ($text) is more than 236 characters, it should add "..." after it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[filburt1]

If it's just a variable:

PHP Code:

if (strlen($text) > 236)
{
    $text = substr($text, 0, 236) . "...";
} 


If it's directly in a query:
[sql]
IF(LENGTH(field) > 236, CONCAT(SUBSTRING(text, 0, 236), "..."), field)
[/sql]

[Link14716]

Thank you, filburt. That's just what I needed.