Limit String Length

Question

Hi, I'm looking for a way to limit a string in php and add on ... at the end if the string was too long.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

You might want to take a look at this answer if you don't want to split words.

If you don't care about splitting words, then simply use the php substr function.

Answer 2

Do a little homework with the php online manual's string functions. You'll want to use strlen in a comparison setting, substr to cut it if you need to, and the concatenation operator with "..." or "…"

Answer 3

if (strlen($str) > 10)
   $str = substr($str, 0, 7) . '...';