$select="select fields from table...";
$sres=mysql_query($select);
echo mysql_error();
while ($srow=mysql_fetch_row($sres))
{
$string=$srow[0];
$no_html=strip_tags($string);
if (strlen($no_html) > 30) $no_html=substr($no_html,0,30)."...";
echo("$no_html");
}
Matt
- Original Mes
Lisi,
To save reinventing the wheel would strip_tags() be any use to you? (see
manual)
=dn
> I am retrieving text stored in a database, and I want to strip out any
HTML
> tags and then only display the first 30 characters with "..." to show the
> user that there is more text to view.
>
> My probl
