Shortening display of a text

[Undrium]

Hey. Is there a good way to make a long database text displayed shorter once published on a site?

For instance; "Hello my name is Johan and I love icecream with sausages" shortened down to "Hello my name is Johan...".

[thorpe]

look at [man]substr/man.

[Undrium]

Thanks alot, thorpe 🙂