Applying three commands to the same string?

[JAB Creations]

All I'm trying to do is keep this string under 36 characters, stop all caps screaming, and then ensure the first letter of each word is uppercase.

Here is the code as I figured it should look.

$mail['shortsubject'] = trimtext($mail['subject'], 36) && ucfirst($mail['subject']) && strtolower($mail['subject']);

John

[jc_armor]

i think it should be:

$mail['shortsubject'] = substr(ucwords($mail['subject']),0,36);

[surfin2u]

how about:

$mail['shortsubject'] = ucwords(strtolower(substr($mail['subject'], 0, 36)));

[sonjay]

$mail['shortsubject'] = ucwords(strtolower(substr($mail['subject'], 0, 36)));

is also what I came up with.

[JAB Creations]

Different from my approachs, I was trying to combine them using the && operator.

I will try these out and post in a minute or two if they work, thanks for the quick replies! :)

[JAB Creations]

Coolbeans, this worked...

$mail['shortsubject'] = ucwords(strtolower(substr($mail['subject'], 0, 36)));

How can I add three dots at the end of the string?

Thanks for ALL the suggestions. :)

John

[Romeo]

How can I add three dots at the end of the string?

$mail['shortsubject'] = ucwords(strtolower(substr($mail['subject'], 0, 36))) . ' ...';

Regards,
R.