Shrink many characters to few characters using php

[npsari]

Hi there

 

I am using this code to shrink URL to a desired number of characters

 

function clickable_short_url ($matches) {
	### Entire match.
	$url = array_shift($matches);
	### Only http:// match, if any.
	$http = array_shift($matches);
	### Shorten textual part if need be.
	$url_text = strlen($url) >= 60 ?
		(substr($url, 0, 20) . '...' . substr($url, -10, 10)) :
		$url ;
	### Add http:// prefix if need be.
	if (! $http) {
		$url = 'http://' . $url;
	}
	### Return new url.
	return '<a target="_blank" href="' . $url . '">' . $url_text . '</a>';
}

$pattern = '%
	(http://)? ### optional http:// prefix
	(?(1)|www\.) ### require www. if there is no http://
	\S+ ### gobble anything but white space
%x';

echo nl2br(preg_replace_callback($pattern, 'clickable_short_url', $row['Description']));

 

But i dont want only the URL to be shrinked, in fact, i want any text to be shrinked

 

Because when someone types hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (without space), it damages the look of my table

 

So, how can i make the code shrink all words which are longer that 25 letters to something like hiiiiiiiii.....iiii

[MadTechie]

what about this

 

<?php
$theString = "123456789012345789012345678901234578901234567890123457890";

$max = 25;
$start = 17;
$end = 5;


$sLength = strlen($theString);
if($sLength > $max)
{
$NewString = substr($theString, 0, $start);
$NewString .= "..."; 
$NewString .= substr($theString, ($sLength-$end), $end );
}else{
$NewString = $theString;
}


echo $NewString;
?>

 

output

12345678901234578...57890

 

 

 

 

EDIT or change 60 to 25

### Shorten textual part if need be.
	$url_text = strlen($url) >= 25 ?
		(substr($url, 0, 20) . '...' . substr($url, -10, 10)) :
		$url ;

[npsari]

thats a great way of doing it

 

the only problem is that your code does not identify the long words by itself

 

because, i cant make a long work equal to the string, because long words are in a bunch of text

 

any idea how this can be fixed

[MadTechie]

maybe this

<?php
$theString = "1234567 8901234578901234567890123457890123456 7890123457890";

$max = 25;
$start = 17;
$end = 5;

$words = explode(" ",$theString);
foreach($words as $word)
{
$sLength = strlen($word);
if($sLength > $max)
{
	$NewString = substr($word, 0, $start);
	$NewString .= "..."; 
	$NewString .= substr($word, ($sLength-$end), $end );
}else{
	$NewString = $word;
}

echo $NewString." ";
}
?>

 

 

1234567 89012345789012345...23456 7890123457890

[npsari]

thats amazing pal

 

ohh, i discovered a little hustle

 

when the words are many, like

 

hi, my name is blaha blah, i likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to play footbal, adios, byeeee

 

the code shows one word

 

u know what might be the problem

[MadTechie]

Seams OK here,

Note the changes!

 

<?php
//New String
$theString = "hi, my name is blaha blah, i likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to play footbal, adios, byeeee";

$max = 10;  //changed from 25 to 10
$start = 6;//changed from 17 to 6
$end = 3;	//changed from 5 to 3

$words = explode(" ",$theString);
foreach($words as $word)
{
$sLength = strlen($word);
if($sLength > $max)
{
	$NewString = substr($word, 0, $start);
	$NewString .= "..."; 
	$NewString .= substr($word, ($sLength-$end), $end );
}else{
	$NewString = $word;
}

echo $NewString." ";
}
?>

 

 

output

hi, my name is blaha blah, i likeee...eee to play footbal, adios, byeeee