try using the function substr()
$Word = attention
$Word_3 = substr ($Word, 0,3)
$Word_3 = substr ($Word, 0,4)
and so on
hope that helps
regards
Ankur Verma
HCL technologies
Noida
India
-----Original Message-----
From: Rahul Hari Bhide [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] first three characters
Gurus,
How do I extract the first n characters out of a word . I have this-
$Word = attention
I want -
$Word_3 = att
$Word_4 = atte
$Word_5 = atten
this is only extracting first three/four/five characters .
What is the right function to use here ??
thx in advance.
~Rahul
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