Why couldn't you use something like this: $mystr = substr($mystr, -3);
Joe Jeroen Timmers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 003001c1b026$97373cb0$7f6440d4@jeroen">news:003001c1b026$97373cb0$7f6440d4@jeroen... > you can take the function substr from php in combination with strlen (lenght > of a string) > > example > > $string = "1234567890"; > $rest = substr($string, 0, strlen($string)-3); // returns "1234567" > > Success Jeroen Timmers > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Renaldo De Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:56 PM > Subject: [PHP-DB] Need to delete charcters from a string > > > > I need to delete the last 3 character of a string, what command can i use > o > > do this. > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php