如何只选择mysql中一行的第一行

Question

could somebody know how i can display with echo only the first line from the raw? Code :

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * 
                        FROM articol 
                       WHERE id = '$artid'") or die(mysql_error());

while ($coloana = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
  $continut = $coloana["continut"];
}

<?php echo $continut; ?>

...and its echo me all the field, and i want only first line, or only 180 characters.

Answer 1

select 
substring(field_name,1,180) as begin_text,
other_fields_list 
from articol where id = '$artid'