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[johnnyboy16]

Howdy,

 

I have a page on my site that displays events I have uploaded.  Below is the code that displays the event title.

 

I want to know if there is a simple way to limit the characters of the title that a view will see.  For example, limiting the title to 10 characters.  So, if I had an event titled "My awesome new event".  You would see "My awesome..."

 

Hope this makes sense.  I'm not sure if you will need to see more of the code to help me, thank you!

 

 

<a href ="event-description.php?eid=<?php echo $data->EventId?>"<span class="events-title"><?php echo $data->EventTitle ?>

 

[Alex]

$title = "My awesome new event";
echo substr($title, 0, 10) . "...";

 

substr

[fortnox007]

Hope this is what you were looking for. If anyone knows a shorter or better way let us know

 

<?php
    $text = "All i want to do is eat banana's and throw coconuts at fat tourists while sitting in a tree";
   
    //condition
    if (strlen($text) > 10)
    {
        $tekst = substr($text, 0, 10) . ".."; //appending some dots in case string is longer
        echo "$text";
            }
    else // if text isnt longer than 10 characters
    {
        echo "$text";
    }
?>

 

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[fortnox007]

lol nice one alex