substr($foo, 0, 3); check the other string functions in the manual - they are *very* useful
Beau // -----Original Message----- // From: Natividad Castro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] // Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2002 3:57 AM // To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Subject: [PHP-DB] random // // // hi to all, // // I have a drop down menu where users will select a word. // After they submit // it, I will generate a code number where I want to display // the first three // characters of the word they selected follow by Month and // Date and three // number that will be generating randomly. // I don't have any problem displaying the MM/DD and the three // numbers, but I // don't know how to get the first three characters. // // //first page // <select name="word"> // // //second page // $firsThreecharacter = $word; // // //here is MM/DD // $date = gmDate("md"); // $number = rand(100,999); // $code_number = $str_char.$date.$number; // echo $code_number." "; // // Any help is greatly appreciate it // // Many thanks in advanced // // Nato // // // // -- // 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
