Hide Text if Fewer than 200 Characters are Returned From Database

[partypete]

Hello all,

I have a list of records on a page. The title, and description for each record are displayed. In my sql statement I have it set so only the first 200 characters of the description is retrieved and displayed on the page. I then have a "Read More..." link following the description to allow the user to view the rest of the description on a detail page.

But sometimes the description isn't even 200 characters long so there's no need for a "Read More..." link.

How can I hide the "Read More..." link if fewer than 200 characters are retrieved from the database/field?

Thank you very much for your help!

Peter

[HalfaBee]

Where your script echo's the 'Read More' link put an if in.

if( strlen($description) > 200 ) {
// output link here
}

HalfaBee

[partypete]

Thank you HalfaBee!

Works great. Much simpler than the code I was making!😕 🙂

Peter