Re: shortening a string
From: Chris Hope (blackhole_at_electrictoolbox.com)
Date: 01/10/05
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:43:51 +1300
asdfkajsdflkjsadlfkjoewqifoeiwjf@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have a string:
>
> $string="aslkjdaslkdiwedweodij"
>
> When printing it out, I want it to be limited to 10 characters
> followed by "..."
>
> Result:
>
> "asjdksledo..."
>
> I only want this to happen when the string is longer than 10
> characters.
>
> How can this be done in php? I know how to do it in Perl through reg
> exp.. :/
How about something like:
if(strlen($string) > 10) {
print substr($string, 0, 10) . '...';
}
else {
print $string;
}
It could also be done on one line like so:
strlen($string) > 10 ? print substr($string, 0, 10) . '...' : print
$string;
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