How to add trailing periods in an array?

[Travis959]

Hey guys, I have a script that is used to showcase the newest forum (vbulletin) threads on an external page but I can't figure out a way to add trailing periods to it if the array is over a certain amount of characters.

 

function output_NewestReplies($a = 5,$f = ""){
global $db, $Data;

// Define amount to show
$Amount = ($a)? intval($a) : 5;

// Define Forum(s) To Pull From
$Forums = ($f)? $f: '';
$SQL    = '';

	if($Forums){
	$SQL = " where forumid in({$Forums})";
	}

// Load Template
$Template = LoadTemplate("newest_threads.html");

// Collect Data
$NewestReplies = $db->query("select * from ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread{$SQL} order by lastpost desc limit 0,$Amount");

	while($Thread = $db->fetch_array($NewestReplies)){	
	$Data .= ParseTemplate($Template,
						array(
							'threadid'     => $Thread['threadid'],
							'threadname'   => $Thread['title'],
							'postuserid'   => $Thread['postuserid'],
							'postusername' => $Thread['postusername'],
							'replies'      => vb_number_format($Thread['replycount']),
							'views'        => vb_number_format($Thread['views']),
							'lastposter'   => $Thread['lastposter'],
						)
		);	
	}

doOutput();
}

 

That's the function to call for new replies, and I'm trying to add trailing periods to " $Thread['title']" if "$Thread['title']" exceeds a certain character limit. Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

[Soldier Jane]

I'm too tired to write up the actual code but I'm sure you could do it with strlen() and substr()

 

Actually, since you gave the vars at the bottom of your post.

$characterlimit = 25;
if(strlen($Thread['title']) > $characterlimit){
     echo substr($Thread['title'], 0, $characterlimit) . '...';
}else{
     echo $Thread['title'];
}