first 100 characters

Ok I have a blob of text in a variable

How could I print only the first 100 lines?

One way could be this:

PHP Code:

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$tidbitText = "";
$fullText = "";
$text = explode("\r\n",mysql_result($query,0,"blob"));
for ($i=0;$i<100 || $i < sizeof($text);$i++)
  $tidbitText .= $text[$i];

for ($i=0;$i<sizeof($text);$i++)
  $fullText .= $text[$i];

echo $tidbitText."<br /><br />";
echo $fullText; 


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yah, thats what I was thinking, I just wondered if there was another/better way. o well.

Thanks :)