Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

am 02.12.2009 16:11:55 von chris_payne

Hi everyone,

I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
of whether they are letters or numbers?

Chris

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Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

am 02.12.2009 16:15:35 von joao

Have you tried tha substr PHP function?

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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
> characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
> method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
> of whether they are letters or numbers?
>
> Chris

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Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

am 02.12.2009 16:16:47 von Daniel Brown

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:11, Chris Payne wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
> characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
> method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
> of whether they are letters or numbers?

$chars = substr($yourInput,0,20);
?>

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Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

am 02.12.2009 16:17:20 von Majk.Skoric

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Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

am 02.12.2009 16:18:26 von Devendra Jadhav

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mysql substr function
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html #function_subst=
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Chris Payne wr=
ote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
> characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
> method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
> of whether they are letters or numbers?
>
> Chris
>
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Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?

am 02.12.2009 16:31:54 von chris_payne

Thank you everyone, I REALLY appreciate it. Sorry my head isn't in
place today and I couldn't think.

Chris

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Devendra Jadhav wr=
ote:
> mysql substr function
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html #function_sub=
str
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Chris Payne
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
>> characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
>> method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
>> of whether they are letters or numbers?
>>
>> Chris
>>
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