Hi,
Best way i guess would be traverse the whole string and check for space.
Have a counter var which keeps count of the space. At the 25th occurence do
something like this -
$text_a = substr($text, 1, $i);
i assume that $i is the increment var in the loop.
$text_b = substr($text, $i+1);
This should give u the strings in 2 vars.
Now u can add anything with $text_a."...Click here ".$text_b
Hope i was helpful,
Karthik.
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From: "Justin French" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: [PHP] splitting text after 25 words
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to split a text block at 25 words, as a teaser for the full
> article. Now I know how to split at a certain character, but i don't
> want a half word or anything, so I want (i guess) to hunt for the 25th
> occurence of " " (a space), and split $text into two new variables,
> $text_a and $text_b.
>
> Then I'll prolly want append something like "... click here to read
> more" on the end of $text_a.
>
> Seems easy enough, but I can't see anything in the manual about
> splitting on a numbered occurence of a string (but I could be looking
> in the wrong spot :)
>
> Running PHP4 BTW
>
>
>
> Thanks heaps in advance
> Justin French
>
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