[RESOLVED] Why wont this code work??

[OniLink]

I'm trying to slice a string so that it has 200 or less characters. At the same time, I'm trying to make sure I don't slice it off mid-word. I have it working in Actionscript, but I'm having troubel converting it over to php. Can anyone see why this wouldn't be working??

Code:

// format sub body text
$body = $row['body'];
$startIndex = strlen($body)-1;
while (strlen($body) > 200) {
$startIndex = strpos($body, ' ', $startIndex);
$body = substr($body, 0, $startIndex);
}
echo $body.'...<br /><br />';

Thanks for any help,
~Oni.

[Installer]

Use substr() to cut the text to 200 characters. Then use strrpos() to find the last occurance of a space in that substring. Using that number as the length, use substr() again.

$body = substr($body, 0, 200);
$pos = strrpos($body, ' ');
$body = substr($body, 0, $pos + 1);

Your code won't work because, it looks to me, it starts its search for a space at the end of the text where it immediately fails, having nothing left to search in.

[OniLink]

Perfect! Thanks for your help.