[SOLVED] Trimming a php variable

[Zepo.]

How do i take a variable say $name and trim it down to ohh, say 8 characters. Then have a ... after the name if it's trimmed.

[trq]

substr.

[Wes1890]

$name = "some long string hey";
$max_length = 8; // 8 chars max

if (strlen($name) > $max_length)
{
  substr($name,0,$max_length-1); // make it 8 chars long
  $name .= "..."; // add an ellipses ... at the end
}
else
{}

[Zepo.]

Hmmm didnt trim it, but it did add and elipsis to the end...

[pocobueno1388]

<?php 

$name = "Blah blah blah blah";

if (strlen($name) >  $name = substr($name,0,.'...'; 
echo $name;

?>

[Wes1890]

^ thats the exact same thing i did.. only yours is less explanitory

 

edit.. i had a booboo in my code

 

use this

$name = "some long string hey";
$max_length = 8; // 8 chars max

if (strlen($name) > $max_length)
{
  $name = substr($name,0,$max_length-1); // i didnt have the $name = on this line the first time lol
  $name .= "..."; // add an ellipses ... at the end
}
else
{}

[Zepo.]

Works, thanks. =]