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 Dec 19 2005, 01:45 PM
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Privileged Member  Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 14-February 05 From: Oslo, Norway Member No.: 3,759  |
I am currently making a code for my phpBB forum, where it will import the latest topics from a specific forum, and display it on the news section of my main page.
But the width of that news section is very tiny, so I want the code to limit the numbers of characters to 25. So, let's say this is the full title: "This is the title which is a little too long so it needs to be shortened." This is what I want to show: "This is the title which ..." How can I do that? |
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Dec 19 2005, 02:00 PM
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apt-get moo  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,153 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Devon, England Member No.: 7,593  |
I haven't tested this, but it should work
 CODE $max_length = 25; $title = "This is the title which is a little too long so it needs to be shortened."; $title_length = strlen($title); if ($title_length > $max_length) { $title = substr_replace($title, '...', $max_length); } echo $title; It's pretty self explanitory. If you have any problems or it totally fails to work then feel free to ask! |
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Dec 19 2005, 03:04 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 14-February 05 From: Oslo, Norway Member No.: 3,759 |
Thanks alot, it worked perfectly!
 But I have another question. If the title is too long, I want to add the title="fulltitlehere" attribute. So, basically, my topic title is "This is the title which is a little too long so it needs to be shortened". It is then shortened to "This is the title which ...". But if it is shortened, I want to have the title="" attribute in the link too: <a href="linktotopic" title="This is the title which is a little too long so it needs to be shortened">This is the title which ...</a> I tried with this code (using your code to define $max_length): CODE if (($echo_text['post_subject']) > $max_length) { $titleattribute = ' title=\"' . ( $echo_text['post_subject'] ) . '\"' } $echo_text['post_subject'] is the complete topic title. Hope you understand what I need
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Dec 19 2005, 06:51 PM
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Incest is a game the whole family can play. Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,223 Joined: 11-February 05 From: Heaven Member No.: 3,709 |
Try:
CODE if ($echo_text['post_subject'] > $max_length)
{ $titleattribute = ' title=\"' . $echo_text['post_subject'] . '\"'; } |
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