Display a few sentences then having ...read more

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I am wanting to know how I can have only the first two or the sentences display out of a multi paragram description followed by ...read more

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newhorizonhosting.com wrote:
> DW8/PHP/MySQL
>
> I am wanting to know how I can have only the first two or the sentences display out of a multi paragram description followed by ...read more

Computer languages don't understand the concept of a sentence, so you
need to build a function to do it for you. The technique is explained in
detail in Chapter 11 of my book "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8".

--
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

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David Powers wrote:

> newhorizonhosting.com wrote:
>
>> DW8/PHP/MySQL
>>
>> I am wanting to know how I can have only the first two or the
>> sentences display out of a multi paragram description followed by
>> ...read more
>
>
> Computer languages don't understand the concept of a sentence, so you
> need to build a function to do it for you. The technique is explained in
> detail in Chapter 11 of my book "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8".
>

The "read more" requirement would suggest a client side solution.

[javascript]
var NumberOfSentences=3,
str="blah blah",
Long= str.replace(/[\n\r]/g,"").split(/\. /);
var Short=S.slice(0,NumberOfSentences).join(". ");

Untested.
Mick
Mick