[RESOLVED] readfile() Limit Characters

[digital_skwerl]

I am using readfile() to display the contents of some text files. The file path/name is stored in my DB and then I display the text simply by...

readfile($article);

What is the best way to limit the number of characters displayed? ie. leftmost 400 characters. Do I need to convert the file to a string and use string functions or is there an easier way?

[vaaaska]

Yep...count the characters in the string and go from there...

[digital_skwerl]

Thanks Vaaska

Came up with this... Simple and it works.

// $article = filepath

$handle = fopen($article, "r");
$content = fread($handle, filesize($article));
fclose($handle);
echo substr($content, 0,350); //Limit to 350 char