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cut

string cut(string string, int width [, string padding]) -- Truncate a string.

Description

Cut will return a string that is no longer than width characters long. The string will be suffixed with '...' or padding if it was cut.

Example

<?php echo cut('This is a long string containing 47 characters', 15); ?>

This will output:

This is a lo...

Source

Published under the terms of the BSD License


<?php
function cut($string, $width, $padding = "...") {
    return (strlen($string) > $width ? substr($string, 0, $width-strlen($padding)).$padding : $string);
}
?>

Last updated: Sat Jun 14 20:02:45 CEST 2008