Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
On Tue, May 2, 2006 3:44 pm, Wolf wrote: Someone has way too much time on his hands... :) If they REALLY had too much time on their hands, they'd have rtfm and used mt_rand() instead. :-) Rory Browne wrote: function chop_two_or_3_characters_from_front_of_string($str){ $cut = rand(2, 3); return substr($str, $cut); } On 5/2/06, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Bonkoski wrote: Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php it's a long shot brad ;-) Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
Richard Lynch wrote: On Tue, May 2, 2006 3:44 pm, Wolf wrote: Someone has way too much time on his hands... :) If they REALLY had too much time on their hands, they'd have rtfm and used mt_rand() instead. :-) muppet-comment nah - if you really too much time you would have mimplemented some kind of interface that takes batch input from a cheap-ass laborer on the other side of the planet who sits there flipping a british fifty pence coin aqnd logging the result. (everyone knows 50p's are the most statically fair as far as coins are concerned). /muppet-comment :-P Rory Browne wrote: function chop_two_or_3_characters_from_front_of_string($str){ $cut = rand(2, 3); return substr($str, $cut); } On 5/2/06, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Bonkoski wrote: Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php it's a long shot brad ;-) Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
Brad Bonkoski wrote: Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php it's a long shot brad ;-) Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
function chop_two_or_3_characters_from_front_of_string($str){ $cut = rand(2, 3); return substr($str, $cut); } On 5/2/06, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Bonkoski wrote: Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php it's a long shot brad ;-) Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
Rory Browne wrote: function chop_two_or_3_characters_from_front_of_string($str){ $cut = rand(2, 3); return substr($str, $cut); } dang! if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it :- On 5/2/06, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Bonkoski wrote: Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php it's a long shot brad ;-) Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] chop x amount of characters from the begining of a string
Someone has way too much time on his hands... :) Rory Browne wrote: function chop_two_or_3_characters_from_front_of_string($str){ $cut = rand(2, 3); return substr($str, $cut); } On 5/2/06, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Bonkoski wrote: Perhaps this will work.. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php it's a long shot brad ;-) Ross wrote: I have a word say 'example' I want to chop of two or 3 chacters from the front to leave 'ample' or 'mple'. Is there a php function to do this? Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php