submitted by: Guest
PHP: Truncate String Function
This function uses strlen() to truncate a long string and return a shortened version.
code snippet:
<?php
function Truncate ($str, $length=10, $trailing='...')
{
// take off chars for the trailing
$length-=strlen($trailing);
if (strlen($str) > $length)
{
// string exceeded length, truncate and add trailing dots
return substr($str,0,$length).$trailing;
}
else
{
// string was already short enough, return the string
$res = $str;
}
return $res;
}
?>
notes:
This handy function was written by Jerret Taylor, more can be found at his site at: http://jerrett.liquidpulse.net
