[RESOLVED] substr trouble

[chooseodie]

Hi;
When i enter these codes

$lasttw = "<a href=\"$row[fullurl]\">$row[fullurl]</a><br />";
$lasttwshort = (strlen($lasttw)>53)?substr($lasttw,0,53).'...<br />':$lasttw;
echo "$lasttwshort";

or

$lasttw = "<a href=\"$row[fullurl]\">$row[fullurl]</a><br />";
if (strlen($lasttw) > 53) {
  $lasttw = substr($lasttw, 0, 53) . "...<br />";
}
echo "$lasttw";

i'm getting page like this;

http://www.yahoo.comhttp://www.youtu...
http://www.foru...
http://www.sitepoin...
http://http...
http://www.boardz...
http://www.gamezo...
http://rapidshare.dehttp://killervide.com...
http://www.forum...
http://www.forum...
...
...
http://
...

but i wanna get page like this;

http://www.yahoo.com/
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newt...

etc
(if the link is longer than 53 chars substr should add "..." automatically)

Thanks for your help...Have a nica day...🆒

[NogDog]

$link_text = (strlen($row['fullurl']) > 53) ? substr($row['fullurl'], 0, 53).'...' : $row['fullurl'];
echo "<a href=\"{$row['fullurl']}\">$link_text</a><br />";

[chooseodie]

Thanks for your help NogDog. I got it.

[bradgrafelman]

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