Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 19:24:51 von Benjamin Adams

I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
where people can read read the beginning of the articles and select
the ones they want to read.

How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?

$count = 1;
while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
if(isset($row['threadid'])){
echo "" .
$row['title']. "
";
echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
['postusername'] . "
";
echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
" . $row['replycount'] . "

";
echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I
only want the fist 50 chars
}
$count++;
}

Thanks

--Ben

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RE: Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 19:37:24 von MIGUEL ANTONIO GUIRAO AGUILAR

Use the trim function, or anoter function that just takes the n first
characters.

-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Adams [mailto:badams@ambrosiasw.com]
Sent: Martes, 18 de Julio de 2006 12:25 p.m.
To: PHP DB
Subject: [PHP-DB] Only a section from the database result

I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
where people can read read the beginning of the articles and select
the ones they want to read.

How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?

$count = 1;
while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
if(isset($row['threadid'])){
echo "" .
$row['title']. "
";
echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
['postusername'] . "
";
echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
" . $row['replycount'] . "

";
echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I
only want the fist 50 chars
}
$count++;
}

Thanks

--Ben

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RE: Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 19:53:01 von Dwight Altman

substr

Regards,
Dwight

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Adams [mailto:badams@ambrosiasw.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:25 PM
> To: PHP DB
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Only a section from the database result
>
> I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
> where people can read read the beginning of the articles and select
> the ones they want to read.
>
> How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?
>
> $count = 1;
> while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
> if(isset($row['threadid'])){
> echo "" .
> $row['title']. "
";
> echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
> ['postusername'] . "
";
> echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
> " . $row['replycount'] . "

";
> echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I
> only want the fist 50 chars
> }
> $count++;
> }
>
> Thanks
>
> --Ben
>
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RE: Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 19:55:26 von Dwight Altman

echo "

" . substr($row['pagetext'], 0, 50) . "

";

Regards,
Dwight

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Adams [mailto:badams@ambrosiasw.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:25 PM
> To: PHP DB
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Only a section from the database result
>
> I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
> where people can read read the beginning of the articles and select
> the ones they want to read.
>
> How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?
>
> $count = 1;
> while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
> if(isset($row['threadid'])){
> echo "" .
> $row['title']. "
";
> echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
> ['postusername'] . "
";
> echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
> " . $row['replycount'] . "

";
> echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

Re: Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 19:57:48 von dpgirago

> I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
> where people can read the beginning of the articles and select
> the ones they want to read.
>
> How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?
>
> $count = 1;
> while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
> if(isset($row['threadid'])){
> echo "" .
> $row['title']. "
";
> echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
> ['postusername'] . "
";
> echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
> " . $row['replycount'] . "

";
> echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I
> only want the fist 50 chars
> }
> $count++;
> }

One possible solution is to select from the database only the first 50
characters for display in the initial page: "SELECT left(FieldName, 50)
FROM tablename";

Once a user has chosen the articles they would like to read, run another
query and select the entire content field.

David

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Re: Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 21:59:07 von Darryl Steyn

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also add LIMIT 15 to your query. no point in getting all that info if you
want 15 results.

On 7/18/06, Miguel Guirao wrote:
>
>
>
> Use the trim function, or anoter function that just takes the n first
> characters.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Adams [mailto:badams@ambrosiasw.com]
> Sent: Martes, 18 de Julio de 2006 12:25 p.m.
> To: PHP DB
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Only a section from the database result
>
>
> I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
> where people can read read the beginning of the articles and select
> the ones they want to read.
>
> How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?
>
> $count = 1;
> while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
> if(isset($row['threadid'])){
> echo "" .
> $row['title']. "
";
> echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
> ['postusername'] . "
";
> echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
> " . $row['replycount'] . "

";
> echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I
> only want the fist 50 chars
> }
> $count++;
> }
>
> Thanks
>
> --Ben
>
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Re: Only a section from the database result

am 18.07.2006 22:04:31 von Benjamin Adams

I have it working with left, Thanks everyone.

On Jul 18, 2006, at 1:57 PM, dpgirago@mdanderson.org wrote:

>
>> I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows
>> where people can read the beginning of the articles and select
>> the ones they want to read.
>>
>> How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?
>>
>> $count = 1;
>> while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
>> if(isset($row['threadid'])){
>> echo "" .
>> $row['title']. "
";
>> echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
>> ['postusername'] . "
";
>> echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments:
>> " . $row['replycount'] . "

";
>> echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I
>> only want the fist 50 chars
>> }
>> $count++;
>> }
>
> One possible solution is to select from the database only the first 50
> characters for display in the initial page: "SELECT left(FieldName,
> 50)
> FROM tablename";
>
> Once a user has chosen the articles they would like to read, run
> another
> query and select the entire content field.
>
> David
>
>
>

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RE: Only a section from the database result

am 22.07.2006 04:26:09 von Bastien Koert

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php is the function you want

bastien

>From: Benjamin Adams
>To: PHP DB
>Subject: [PHP-DB] Only a section from the database result
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:24:51 -0400
>
>I have articles in a MySQL database and I want creating a fast brows where
>people can read read the beginning of the articles and select the ones
>they want to read.
>
>How do I only display the first say 50 chars of a 5000 char article?
>
>$count = 1;
>while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($News)) or ($count < 15)){
> if(isset($row['threadid'])){
> echo "" .
>$row['title']. "
";
> echo " " . $row['dateline'] . " -- by: " . $row
>['postusername'] . "
";
> echo " Views: " . $row['views'] . " - Comments: " .
>$row['replycount'] . "

";
> echo "

" . $row['pagetext'] . "

"; //This is the variable I only
>want the fist 50 chars
> }
> $count++;
>}
>
>Thanks
>
>--Ben
>
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