PHP function to truncate a string...

[Smut]

Can someone please let me know which function I should be looking for to truncate a variable string to a set number of characters?

Ex. $string="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

function to truncate("$string", 5);
echo function to truncate(); //Would output "ABCDE"

Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks

[Darth Vader]

I find your lack of truncated strings disturbing.

[StuartD]

substr ( string string, int start [, int length] )

[StickyFinger]

More info on it.
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php