Jackson Linux wrote: > On 8 Mar 2005, at 11:40, Richard Lynch wrote: > >>>> 1. $content = substr($article['content'], 0 200); // get first >>>> 200 >>>> chars is choking, and I've looked in docs and can't understand why. >>>> I get >>>> >>>> Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in >>>> /usr/www/users/domain/dynamic/templates/substr.htm on line 57 >> >> In this line, PHP is somehow encountering a T_NUMBER (a number) where >> it >> *expects* to see something else. >> >> Like a comma. >> >> Look between your 0 and 200 very carefully. >> > > > Thanks for taking the time. I had suspected that earlier, but when I > put it in all sorts of OTHER stuff happened. > > Then I saw your post and tried again. I saw that I had made another > mistake later on. So you've solved that part - thanks!. > > Except....Except it doesn't pull the content from the db and substr it > to 200 characters. It pulls the id number and the title no problem, and > I am sure that $article['content'] points to the right place (or at > least it's named right) but it's just not getting the content: Put in a var_dump($article) where you think you have 'content' right. See what you have. Make sure 'content' is in your list of fields you are retrieving. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
