I am trying to get the first 100 characters of a topic post.
So far I have this code:

$shortcontent=substr(bp_the_topic_post_content(), 0, 100);

But that is echoing the full post content wherever I have that code.
(Showing the full post twice)

Can anyone help me with this?

[@boonebgorges Keymaster 13 years, 4 months ago]

`bp_the_topic_post_content()` is the echo function. Use `bp_get_the_topic_post_content()` instead.

[@chetbrz Member 13 years, 4 months ago]

Nice…
Thank you for the help.