On 2/29/08, Alain Roger <raf.news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> since a long time now, i see that some paragraphs of text are cut off and
> the additional text is replaced by 3 dots.
> e.g:
>
> "this is the original long text but without any sense and also stupid"
>
> effect desired :
> "this is the original long text..."
>
> this is usually used for title articles or some long paragraphs.
> What is the basic rule ?
> Text is cut off based on (numbers of words, number of characters,..) ?
> what is the algorithm for such thing ?
>
> thanks a lot,
function truncate( $string, $length=384, $ending='...' )
{
if( strlen( $string ) > $length )
$string = substr( $string, 0, $length ) . $ending ;
return $string;
}
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