How to display first X characters?

Found it!

Just add at the top of the page:

function textLimit($string, $length, $replacer = '...')
{
if(strlen($string) > $length)
return (preg_match('/^(.*)\W.*$/', substr($string, 0, $length+1), $matches) ? $matches[1] : substr($string, 0, $length)) . $replacer;

return $string;
}

and then where you want to display your content:

<?php echo textLimit($record['content'], 20) ?>

Hi samsam92,

Thanks for posting this! It could definitely come in handy for some other users. [:)]

Awesome! That is super useful.