[Zimwy]

Hi,
I was wondering how to do this:

[php]
$big_string = "Hello out there, how are you?"
$substring = substring(0,12,$big_string);
[/php]

so that now substring would have "hello out th". Any advice?

Thanks!
gabe

[bluedog]

$big_string = "Hello out there, how are you?";
$substring = substr($big_string,0,12);

I believe that's what you want.

Then you can view the result with:

echo $big_string;
echo $substring;

[aleph_null]

This and so much more documented at php.net.

[Colonel_Panic]

On PHP.net you just have to type the function you want on the end of the URL, I don`t know if you knew that or not. ( http://php.net/substring )

Also check out this site if you have any more PHP questions Its really good for help.

[Gee4orce]

An absolutely excellent resource is O'Reilly's PHP Cookbook. Buy it. I subscribe to the online Safari version (safari.oreilly.com) and use it all the time.

Not only do you learn how to do something, you learn why to do it that way, why that way is best, and a couple of alternative ways of doing it.

Of course, I also downloaded the PHP documentation, which is a very thorough reference.