One option is to use substr(): $thestring = 'scott'; $thestring = substr($thestring, 0, 3);
At 03:02 PM 3/6/02 -0500, Scott St. John wrote: >I am trying to create a file in which each line is exactly 255 characters >long, some of the data I am importing is longer than the field allows. >Does anyone know of a way to strip that data off at x character? Example, >I have a 3 character field and the value being inserted into it is scott, >I would only display sco > >Thanks, > >-Scott -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
