Adding to php code

[dannysheps@hotmail.com]

Hello
i have part of a PHP code that prints on the screen something from my DATABASE
echo $row['posting_discription'];

i wanted to know if i can add something to this line of code to make the posting discription (usualy more then 20 words) to show only 4-6 words and "..." after and it will show as a link to another page(or even the same one) with the full posting ( like in www.craigslist.com)

thanks alot

[dannysheps@hotmail.com]

Re: Adding to php code

more...
can i actialy create a design via PHP code
how i can add something after the echo that will add color for text and stuff?

[Watdaflip]

Re: Adding to php code

The easier way is to cut it off after a character limit, to do that do something like..

$max_char = 50;
if(strlen($row['posting_discription']) >= $max_char)
{
$row['posting_discription'] = substr($row['posting_discription'], 0, $max_char)."...";
} 

That will cut it off at 50 characters and add ... to the end.

As far as formatting the color, you just add html to the strings... like

$sometext = "<span style=\"color: #FF0000\">Red text</span>";