PHP obtiene los primeros 5 caracteres de la cadena
$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"
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$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"if (strlen($str) > 10)
$str = substr($str, 0, 7) . '...';<?php
$name = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6
$string = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>// limit text length in php and provide 'Read more' link
function read_more($string)
{
// strip tags to avoid breaking any html
$string = strip_tags($string);
if (strlen($string) > 35) {
// truncate string
$stringCut = substr($string, 0, 35);
$endPoint = strrpos($stringCut, ' ');
//if the string doesn't contain any space then it will cut without word basis.
$string = $endPoint? substr($stringCut, 0, $endPoint) : substr($stringCut, 0);
$string .= '...';
}
return $string;
}