Adding dots to too long titles

[Psycho Mantis]

I'd like to add '...' to titles of calendar entries, which are too long.

The sting for the title is 100 characters long.

I figured I could search for the end of the string with str_word_count and replace the last three characters, but somehow I couldn't make it work.

Could someone please tell me how to do this?

Sorry for such a bold request, but I only have very basic understanding of PHP/MySQL.

[Salsa]

This is untested, but I think it should work for you.

if (strlen($title > 100)) { 
 $title = substr($title,0,100); // cuts title off at 100 chars 
 $title = substr($title,0,strrpos($title,' ')-1)."...";  
 // ^ cuts off last space and possible partial word and adds the ... 
}

I hope this helps.

[Nutter]

This is a slower way, but it makes it end on a full word instead of in the middle of one.

Split the string into an array with explode(" ", $string). Step through the array until the total characters are too long and then step back one. Implode back the right number of words and append the ellipse.

- Ryan

[Salsa]

Hi Ryan,

My suggestion was meant to exclude partial words at the end of the string. If you tested it and it didn't work, it probably doesn't need the -1 in the strrpos function. I can never remember where those strpos functions begin and end until I try them.

I wish you well.

[Nutter]

You're right, I misread the question. Mine is from a page where I needed the first n words, not the first n characters.