How to break a string in php after a specified number

[Joseph Cobham]

Hey all
am new here and i love php. I currently have some troubles implementing a string split in php. I have a database that holds info for my website and the info is user submitted like testimonies. I want a situation where i display the testimony on the homepage but not the entire testimony only a small part say the first 30 chars or so and then add a read more button to it and that will show the full testimony. I knw how to implement the whole database thing all i want is to know how to split or divide the testimony so that some chars are shown on the homepage...
Just like facebook that you post a long status and only part of it is shown and a link to continue reading the full status.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Joseph

[charles07]

hi joseph

user php substr() fucntion

http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_string_substr.asp

[Joseph Cobham]

Thank you soooooo much works like a charm just the function i needed..thank you again