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PHP: Couple of yummy truncate functions.
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| /** | |
| * truncate_words function to truncate a string of words to a specified number of words | |
| * @param string $str The text string to split | |
| * @param integer $words The number of words to extract. Defaults to 15 | |
| */ | |
| function truncate_words( $str, $words = 15 ) | |
| { | |
| $arr = preg_split( '/[\s]+/', $str, $words+1 ); | |
| $arr = array_slice( $arr, 0, $words ); | |
| return join( ' ', $arr ) . '…'; | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * truncate_chars function to truncate a string of chars to a specified number of chars | |
| * @param string $str The text string to split | |
| * @param integer $chars The number of chars to extract. Defaults to 15 | |
| */ | |
| function truncate_chars( $chars, $len = 15 ) | |
| { | |
| $i = strlen($chars); | |
| if($i <= $len) | |
| { | |
| return $chars; | |
| } | |
| $chars = substr($chars, 0, $len); | |
| return $chars . '…'; | |
| } |
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| /** | |
| * truncate_words function to truncate a string of words to a specified number of words | |
| * @param string $str The text string to split | |
| * @param integer $words The number of words to extract. Defaults to 15 | |
| */ | |
| function truncate_words( $str, $words = 15 ) | |
| { | |
| $arr = preg_split( '/[\s]+/', $str, $words+1 ); | |
| $arr = array_slice( $arr, 0, $words ); | |
| return join( ' ', $arr ) . '…'; | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * truncate_chars function to truncate a string of chars to a specified number of chars | |
| * @param string $str The text string to split | |
| * @param integer $chars The number of chars to extract. Defaults to 15 | |
| */ | |
| function truncate_chars( $chars, $len = 15 ) | |
| { | |
| $i = strlen($chars); | |
| if($i <= $len) | |
| { | |
| return $chars; | |
| } | |
| $chars = substr($chars, 0, $len); | |
| return $chars . '…'; | |
| } |
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Added some default checks.