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PHP help ... again by absorbation on 07-03-2006 at 06:42 PM
After that script I had trouble with, the problem was sloved by a typo after like 2 hours so I am a little pissed off atm. Anyway can someone give me a function name for taking a peice of text (like http://reallllllllllllllllllylonglink.com) and change it to (http://reallllllllll...), what function would I use for this? 
Thanks 
RE: PHP help ... again by Plik on 07-03-2006 at 06:51 PM
Heres a quick function i made.
All it does is take X chars from your string using substr and then sticks something on the end
code:Params:
function shorten($string, $chars, $append = '...'){
return substr($string, 0, $chars) . $append;
}
$string - The string you want shortened
$chars - The output length (not including what you stick on the end)
$append (optional) - What you want put on the end, defaults to ...
Examples
echo shorten('foobar', 3);
will output "foo..." (without quotes)
echo shorten('eljelly really rocks', 8, 'sucks');
will ouput "eljelly sucks" (without quotes)
RE: PHP help ... again by absorbation on 07-03-2006 at 06:53 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Plik
substr
Thats the word I needed, and now I have my script done. H-Master just told me on messenger. Thanks for your help though
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