[RESOLVED] Truncate text to display only 20 characters

[khong]

Hello,

I have a <h3> tag that uses .php to display titles. This <h3> tag only has enough space to display one line of text. Sometimes the title is too long to fit and the title goes into two lines. I would like to truncate the text after 20 characters. Is there an easy way to do this? Here is the code:

<h3><?php echo $this->htmlLink($cause->getHref(), $cause->getTitle()) ?></h3>

Thank you,
Ken

[Derokorian]

Use [man]substr/man to get only part of the string. Read the manual page, try to implement it, and if you have problems report back here showing what you tried.

[khong]

Hi Derokorian,

Thank you for the prompt reply. Sadly I have zero knowledge of .php and have no idea what you mean. Thanks anyways...

Thank you,
Ken

[khong]

Hi Bradly,

Thank you for explaining Deros reply to me. Besides my lack of .php knowledge I do not understand English that well either. I didn't know "Use substr() to get only part of the string" and "read the manual page" meant that I should find a programmer to do the programming for me. Thanks a million for the clarification!

I would also like to apologize for trying to acquire "free labor" for everyone here to abuse...

Have a nice day,
Ken