how to shorten a string outputed?

sarmenhb · 02-11-2009, 06:22 PM

if i have an uknown length of a string being outputted how can i limit it to only 16 characters to be outputted?

Salathe · 02-11-2009, 06:36 PM

How about:

PHP Code:


			
$short = substr($long, 0, 16);

Wildhoney · 02-11-2009, 06:45 PM

That's exactly how you do it. I'll share my function I use with you:

php Code:

public static function shorten($szString, $iLength, $szPrepend = '...')
{
    $iChopLength = strlen($szString) - $iLength;

    if ($iChopLength > 0)
    {
        $szString = substr($szString, 0, $iLength - strlen($szPrepend)) . $szPrepend;
    }

    return $szString;
}