Topic: reducing echo value

[jacko_162]

when i echo my results (months) i use;

$month

this displays the month in full how can i limit this to show;

"Dec" instead of "December" without changing my database

this is the full echo code im using;

       // make sure we have a valid product
       if($id != "" && $id != null)
          echo "<td width='120' height='115' background='img/calendars/blank_calendar.png'><a href='testresults.php'><div class='cal_text' align='center'><strong><img src='img/spacer.png' width='1' height='6'><br>
      $id<br>$month</strong></div></a>";

it displays the date as:

16
December

i want it to display;

16
Dec

many thanks

[Tazerenix]

how are you entering it into the database

[jacko_162]

the month gets entered as a full month name "December" as i call it on another page. its done automatically in a hidden txt box in a user submitted form.

[teamatomic]

$month=substr($month,0,3);

HTH
Teamatomic

[thorpe]

echo date('M', strtotime($month));

[jacko_162]

$month=substr($month,0,3);

HTH
Teamatomic

worked a treat