If Strlen(stiring) >= 31 Then...

[dzhax]

Title pretty much explains it.I haveif(strlen($songtitle) >= 31) echo $songtitle; else echo $songtitle;I need it to doif strlen(sontitle) >= 31 echo first 30 characters of songtitle followed by ... else echo song title.anyone know what to use?

[Synook]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

[dsonesuk]

<?php$thistext = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.";if(strlen($thistext)>=31){echo substr($thistext,0,30)."...";}else{echo $thistext;}?>

[jeffman]

Advice:When you get to the online manual, you'll notice a pretty complete list of string functions on the left side of the page. Stare at it. Every time you go there. When you have time, click on the links. You don't have to memorize every function, but your programming will go much faster if you have a general sense of what functions are available.Same with array funcs, file funcs, MySql funcs, etc. You'll just be happier, I think.

[justsomeguy]

Here's a function that uses substr to do that:

function str_maxwidth($str, $w){  return (strlen($str) <= $w ? $str : (substr($str, 0, $w - 3) . '...'));}

e.g.:echo str_maxwidth($song, 30);That one actually goes 3 characters back, so if it's greater than 30 it will show the first 27 followed by ..., you can see that in the substr function.