Hi Kevin,
> I am trying to find out what the best way is to display only
> the first 20 or so characters of a comment.
[...]
> I am not sure if it is best to do it with the select statement
> or format it with the PHP. Either way I am not sure how.
If you only want the first 20 characters, an
destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance
is appreciated.
select left(myfield,20) from mytable;
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Meredith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 19 December 2002 11:03 p.m.
To: PHP
Subject: [PHP] Displaying first 20 characters of
Hi.
I am trying to find out what the best way is to display only the first 20 or
so characters of a comment. The comments which are entered separately by
users are stored in a MySql database. I am displaying a list of the last 5
entries on the home page and then linking them to the relevant comm
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