Here one way you can do it (untested):
<?
function chopper($str,$chars)
{
while($str{$chars} != ' ' && $chars <= strlen($str))
{
$chars++;
}
$newStr = substr($str,0,$chars);
return $newStr;
}
$originalText = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog";
echo chopper($originalText,20);
?>
Justin
on 23/06/03 10:41 AM, Artoo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I start searching for the first space in a string while starting at
> say the 150th character? I'm trying to display the first 150 characters of
> an article that is stored in a LONGTEXT filed of a MYSQL database, and
> should the 150th character be inside a word, I would want to finish
> displaying that word.
>
> For example supose the 150th character is the v in the word "privileges" I
> would want to finish displaying the word and end with "privileges" rather
> then ending with"priv"
>
> thanks
>
>
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