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[mtm]

How can I trim text after a certain amount of letters then display a link after the last letter?

[Houdini]

Not to sure what you mean about displaying a link but to 'trim' text you could use substr_replace() like below:

$test="This is a test string with nothing really happening";
echo substr_replace($test,"...",15)."<br />";//echo 15 chars then add ...
//or
echo substr_replace($test,"",15)."<br />";cut off string at 15 characters

[mtm]

This is a long shot but is there anyway to ignore anything between < and >?