Trying to display text from mysql field starting 30 words into paragraph?

Question

I can't figure this out for the life of me... Using wordpress trying to display excerpt from posts starting 30 words in.. php mysql

Please help!

Answer 1

$str = implode(' ', array_slice(explode(' ', $original), 30));

Convert to array using a space as a seperator. Select starting at array index 30. Convert back to string.

Answer 2

This isn't the best solution, but it is a start. Get your post into a variable ( $str in this case ), and then just remove the first 30 words:

$str = preg_replace( "/(([^ ]* ){30})/", '', $str );