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Truncate script is putting in unwanted numbers...
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Truncate script is putting in unwanted numbers...
ffxpwns replied to ffxpwns's topic in PHP Coding Help
When I use the $user part, it works as in it displays the full article. and not the $login. The number is the only problem and only occurs when I use the !$user -
When I try to run the code below with if ( $user->uid ) it works just dandy. But if I use if ( !$user->uid ) it puts the number one a little bit below my truncated paragraph. It only started doing this after I put the $login = print("Log in to see full article!"); . It worked normally (besides the fact that it didn't say log in to see full article) And for description, I have 400 words of Lorem Ipsum, but you guys dont need to see that so I put elipses. <head> <?php // this signifies how to truncate function myTruncate($string, $limit, $break=".", $pad="...") { // return with no change if string is shorter than $limit if(strlen($string) <= $limit) return $string; // is $break present between $limit and the end of the string? if(false !== ($breakpoint = strpos($string, $break, $limit))) { if($breakpoint < strlen($string) - 1) { $string = substr($string, 0, $breakpoint) . $pad; } } return $string; } ?> <title>truncate test</title> </head> <body> <?php $description = 'Lorem. ipsum dolor sit amet...'; // This makes it so it only applies to non logged in users if ( !$user->uid ) { //Replace 'XXX' with your number (Probably 500) $description = myTruncate($description, xxx); $login = print("Log in to see full article!"); } echo "<p>$description</p>"; echo "<p>$login</p>"; ?>
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Would this work better for the second snippet of code? But I would still need to know the overall formatting. I want it so logged in users can see the full article. $description = 'This is the text I wish to either display in full or truncate'; if ( !$user->uid ) { $description = myTruncate($description, XXX); } echo "<p>$description</p>";
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Hi, I'm REALLY new to PHP, so any help would be appreciated . I'm trying to make a script that truncates a post after a certain amount of words (Below). And I suppose the article would have to have $description="blahblahblah";. My question is; how would I go about making this script actually work? Where would I put the code and the articles? Like I said, I have less than 2 days experience with PHP, so please don't judge // this signifies how to truncate function myTruncate($string, $limit, $break=".", $pad="...") { // return with no change if string is shorter than $limit if(strlen($string) <= $limit) return $string; // is $break present between $limit and the end of the string? if(false !== ($breakpoint = strpos($string, $break, $limit))) { if($breakpoint < strlen($string) - 1) { $string = substr($string, 0, $breakpoint) . $pad; } } return $string; } And the code that says when to truncate: // replace 'xxx' with the number desired $shortdesc = myTruncate($description, XXX); echo "<p>$shortdesc</p>";