Snippet Name: Nice 'Read More...' links Description: This will display the first 200 characters and then search for the next period (.) to stop. Also see:» Neatly trim a string to a set number o... » Search array elements for a substring » Add a period at the end of a string if... » Count capital letters in a string » Search All Words Of A String In mySQL » Remove Extra Spaces From A String » Get Query String with Javascript » Create string by formatting an amount ... » Search PL/SQL for a string/ key value » INSTR (InString) » SUBSTR (SubString) » Generate unique strings of random numb... » String Functions: REVERSE » String Functions: LENGTH » String Functions: INSTR » String Functions: CONCAT » String Functions: CHAR » String Functions: INITCAP » String Functions: LOWER » String Functions: UPPER » Sort comma separated string » String to Date » Generate random string » De-Pluralize a String » Add string to field » Column copy with string replacement » Extract part of a string » Finding a substring in a string » Make comma-separated list of strings » Function For String Handling Comment: (none) Language: PHP Highlight Mode: PHP Last Modified: March 16th, 2009
Description: This will display the first 200 characters and then search for the next period (.) to stop.
Also see:» Neatly trim a string to a set number o... » Search array elements for a substring » Add a period at the end of a string if... » Count capital letters in a string » Search All Words Of A String In mySQL » Remove Extra Spaces From A String » Get Query String with Javascript » Create string by formatting an amount ... » Search PL/SQL for a string/ key value » INSTR (InString) » SUBSTR (SubString) » Generate unique strings of random numb... » String Functions: REVERSE » String Functions: LENGTH » String Functions: INSTR » String Functions: CONCAT » String Functions: CHAR » String Functions: INITCAP » String Functions: LOWER » String Functions: UPPER » Sort comma separated string » String to Date » Generate random string » De-Pluralize a String » Add string to field » Column copy with string replacement » Extract part of a string » Finding a substring in a string » Make comma-separated list of strings » Function For String Handling
<?PHP ECHO SUBSTR($entry['content'],0,STRPOS($entry['content'],".",200)+1)." <a href=\"your-link\">read more</a></p>\n"; ?>