[RESOLVED] Shorten String

[NZ_Kiwis]

I have this string (for example)

calling players that might not make other prems

But I only want it to be 35 char long including space if poss and add a .... at the end

so...

calling players that might not make....

How can I do this??

[NogDog]

EDIT: changed single quotes to double quotes around "\n"

Here's a way that avoids splitting the text in the middle of a word:

$maxLength = 35;
if(strlen($text) > $maxLength)
{
   echo array_shift(explode("\n", wordwrap($text, $maxLength))).'...';
}
else
{
   echo $text;
}

[NZ_Kiwis]

That works but it does not shorten the string... I want the string to be only 35 long then have ....

[dagon]

small typo in that, it should have been

$maxLength = 35;
if(strlen($text) > $maxLength)
{
   echo array_shift(explode("\n", wordwrap($text, $maxLength))).'...';
}
else
{
   echo $text;
} 

[NogDog]

dagon wrote:

small typo in that, it should have been

$maxLength = 35;
if(strlen($text) > $maxLength)
{
   echo array_shift(explode("\n", wordwrap($text, $maxLength))).'...';
}
else
{
   echo $text;
} 

Oops. I hate when I do that.

Or when I leave out a parenthesis.

Or when I mistype a variable name.

Or when I......

😉