never mind i worked it out function create_caption($content,$max_length,$primaryID,$ID) { if (strlen($content) > $max_length) { $paragraph_i="."; $position=strpos($content,$paragraph_i); if (is_integer($position)) { $preview=substr($content,0,$position); $preview.="... [ <a href=\"".$GLOBAL['PHP_SELF']."?".$primaryID."=".$ID."\"> More </a>]"; return $preview; } } else { return $content; } } explodes and splits were not getting the "." properly >===== Original Message From daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >hi there , i am trying to show news content , the page may get pretty huge if >they all show on the same page , i have been considering a caption of 255 >chars max , i would like to know if i could prob limit the front to 255 chars >and if its between a word somehow show it till the last . probably meaning the >end of the sentence ? this could be a better option then show a more link for >it ?? > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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