limiting links text to 20 characters only

Discussion in 'PHP' started by sp360, May 15, 2008.

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    hi everyone,
    I have a problem converting my links text to only 20 characters. i need this code:
          $vidname = '<a href="'.$link.'single.php?id='.$id.'">'.$title.'</a>';
	  echo $vidname;
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    to automaically convert its links to only 20 characters. So if a a link is "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw" it will automatically be "abcdefghijklmnopqrst".

    I've tried 
     if (strlen($vidname['title'])>20) { echo "...";}
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    but still no hope. Please help:)
    Thanks, SP360
     
    sp360, May 15, 2008 IP
  2. Barti1987

    Barti1987 Well-Known Member

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if (strlen($vidname['title'])>20) { 

   $vidname['title'] = substr($vidname['title'],0,20).'...';
}

//However, I think you should be doing the editing to $title, not $vidname['title'], unless it is the value of $title.

if (strlen($title)>20) { 

   $title = substr($title,0,20).'...';
}
$vidname = '<a href="'.$link.'single.php?id='.$id.'">'.$title.'</a>';
echo $vidname;
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    Peace,
     
    Barti1987, May 15, 2008 IP