Hey Philip you can use this function
function cuttext($text, $maxChars = 20, $tail = '')
{
$arrWords = explode(" ", $text);
$temp = "";
for ($i=0; $i<count($arrWords); $i++)
{
$temp = ($i == 0 ? $arrWords[$i] : " ". $arrWords[$i] );
if (strlen($temp) < $maxChars)
{
$returnStr = $temp;
}
else
{
return $returnStr.$tail;
}
}
return $returnStr;
}
Usage:
echo cuttext("Please visit my site", 15, $tail = '..');
This will echo "Please visit"
On 8/31/05, Philip Hallstrom <php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > $words= "If length is given and is negative,
> > then that many characters will be omitted from
> > the end of string (after the start position has
> > been calculated when a start is negative). If start
> > denotes a position beyond this truncation, an empty
> > string will be returned. ";
> >
> > echo substr($words, 0, 50).".......";
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > I have been using this but how can I make sure I do not split a word in
> > half? - Finishing on a <space> would probably do it.
>
> You could use wordwrap() to wrap lines at 50 characters and then just take
> the first line....
>
> http://us3.php.net/wordwrap
>
> -philip
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