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Re: use of substring in php [message #174594 is a reply to message #174592] Tue, 21 June 2011 00:40 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On 6/20/2011 5:19 PM, Co wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I want to cut down the name of the user to 10 characters so it will
> fit to the picture of the user.
> At this moment I use $firstnameCut = substr($firstname, 0, 10);
> However sometimes the name is like:
>
> Johannes Paul.
> with my code it will show: Johannes P
>
> How can I change this so if the second or third name doesn't fit
> within the 10 characters
> it will not be shown at all?

This is not a PHP answer per se. Give some though to using the first X
characters from the first name and the first Y characters from the last
name. It may resolve some of your dilemma. It has a favorable side
effect of producing a decently unique set of characters (most of the time).

Bill B
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