cropping a string

[mr_burns]

hi,

how do i check the character length of a string and, if neccessary,
crop it down to a smaller string. for example, i have the following
string:

'i am a large string and need cropped to a bitesize chunk'

how do i find out how many characters are in this string?

also, once i have found this out (56) how do i crop it down to a
smaller size? for example, crop it to 15 characters:

'i am a large st'

cheers

burnsy

[Geoff Berrow]

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how do i check the character length of a string and, if neccessary,
crop it down to a smaller string. for example, i have the following
string:

Read The Fine Manual

strlen()
substr()
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> how do i find out how many characters are in this string?

strlen('i am a large string and need cropped to a bitesize chunk')

also, once i have found this out (56) how do i crop it down to a
smaller size? for example, crop it to 15 characters:

'i am a large st'

substr('i am a large string and need cropped to a bitesize chunk', 0, 15)

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