PHP Links Help!

Hi, I need to be able to split up links, for instance there is a link going to be inserted into the database but instead of inserting into the database THISISTHELINK i need to make it THISI...NK if you get what i mean, like on vBulletin when you post a long link

http://sothatitislikethiswereyouhavedotsinthemiddle

and itll show up like

http://sothatitis....hemiddle

Please help ASAP Thanks

 

I didn't test it but this should work. I think what you're doing should be presentation side only, not database side.

$link = "http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=23599";

if ( strlen($link) > 40 )
{
     $display_link = substr("$link",0,20) . "..." . substr("$link",-1,20);
}

PHP:

 

Thanks , Works great