Try (this is untested)
if (length($string) > 30) {
print substr($string, 0, 30) ."...";
}
else {
print $string;
}
--OR-- (if you want to over-write $string)
$string = ((length($string) >= 30) ? substring($string, 0, 30) ."..." :
$string );
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Scott Hurring
Systems Programmer
EAC Corporation
scott (*) eac.com
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"Hawk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Lets say I have a news text, and in a menu, I just want to print the first..
> lets say 30 letters, and maybe add a "..." after, and link it to the full
> text.
>
>
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