Implement Dots After a Certain Limit [duplicate]

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Truncate a multibyte String to n chars

Hye guys,

So here's what I need to do. I want dots to appears after a sentence crosses a certain number of words in PHP.

Ex - This is a lazy brown fox.

Now if the words are more than 7 chars -

it should be like

This is..

words or characters?

Dogbert
– Dogbert

2011-08-09 10:43:44 +00:00
Commented Aug 9, 2011 at 10:43 — Dogbert
– Dogbert, Commented Aug 9, 2011 at 10:43
See the-art-of-web.com/php/truncate

Sukumar
– Sukumar

2011-08-09 10:44:06 +00:00
Commented Aug 9, 2011 at 10:44 — Sukumar
– Sukumar, Commented Aug 9, 2011 at 10:44

fatnjazzy · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-09 11:08:51Z

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$txt = "test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7"; $txtArr = explode(" ",$txt); $cut = 3;//cut after 3 words $txtArr[$cut] = "..."; $arrReady = (array_slice($txtArr,0,$cut+1)); print implode(" ",$arrReady);

OR Characters:

$text = "some words test lala papa"; print substr($text,0,20)."...";

edited Aug 9, 2011 at 11:08

answered Aug 9, 2011 at 10:47

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2 Comments

sarthak Over a year ago

works pefectly, but I don't want it to cut after three words...I want it to cut after 20 characters. Is that possible?

fatnjazzy Over a year ago

@sarthak - I edit my post, please click on the V near my answer if it helps you

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