Display dot if the string is too long in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to display dot if the string is too long.
Example
<?php/* ww w. j av a 2 s. c om*/
// Limit $summary to how many characters?
$limit = 10;
$summary = <<< summary
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
this is a test from java2s.com
summary;
if (strlen($summary) > $limit)
$summary = substr($summary, 0, strrpos(substr($summary, 0, $limit), ' ')) . '...';
echo $summary;
?>
The code above generates the following result.
