trim a long text to shorter

this is the most easiest way-

<?
$var = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

echo substr($var,0,13);
?>

PHP:

this will show the first 13 charecter of the text (including Space)

result is

The quick bro

Code (markup):

but i want

The quick bro...

Code (markup):

i mean adding some ... after trimming (& no ... if not trimmed)

help me plz

 

this should do it

<?php

$var = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
$len = strlen($var);

if($len > 13) {

$var = substr($var,0,13);

echo "$var ...";

} else {

echo "$var";

}

?>

PHP:

-John

 

tnx mate...working nice

 

not a problem at all

any other questions just PM me

-John

 

<?php
 $var = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog';
 $abbrv = strlen($var)>13 ? substr($var,0,13).'...' : $var;
 echo $abbrv;   
?>

PHP:

If you wanted a condensed solution...