Function used in a loop

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Hi !
I've got this function:

$Length = 10;

if(strlen($violation) > $Length){
preg_match('/[a-zA-Z0-9]{0,'.$Length.'}/', $violation, $M);
$violation= $M . '...';
}

The function works fine if $violation is just a string. But it isn't, it an array. I use it like this:

    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
        $violation=$row["violation"];
        $Length = 10; 

        if(strlen($violation) > $Length){ 
        preg_match('/[a-zA-Z0-9]{0,'.$Length.'}/', $violation, $M); 
        $violation = $M . '...'; 
        }

        print $violation;

    }

How do i get it to work ?

[sidney]

try that no need to use reg expression

if(strlen($violation) > $Length){
$violation=substr($violation,0,$Length) . '...';

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thanks ! it works ! 😃