$sql2 = "SELECT * FROM forumtutorial_posts WHERE parentID='0' order by parentid DESC";
$result2 = mysql_query($sql2);
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result2))
{   $text = $row2['post'];
    $maxchars=300;
    
    $len = strlen($text);
    if($len > $maxchars)
    {
        echo "<p><b><a href=\"las.php?id=" . $row2['postid']; echo "\">"; echo $row2['title'] . "</a></b></p>";
        echo substr($text,$maxchars) . "... <a href=\"las.php?id=" . $row2['postid'];  echo "\">[LÄS MER]</a><br /><br /><hr />";  }
      
    else { echo $text; }
}