RE: [PHP] Trimming Text
| From: | André Medeiros | Date: | Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:09:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Trimming Text | ||
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On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:02 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote:
> [snip]
> Let's say that I have an original string like:
>
> This is regular text <span class="text">with some text inside a
> span</span>
>
> Let's say I want to trim it to 25 chars.
>
> "Brainless trimming" would give me something like
>
> "This is regular text <sp"
>
> Wich would completelly mess the design.
>
> However, if I finish the tag, the following text will be formatted by
> the <span class="text"> tag, thus messing the design also.
>
> It also happened to trim to half, having the same effect.
>
> I want to find a smart way to do this trimming in order not to have any
> side effects.
> [/snip]
>
> Trim it to 25 characters? I think we may be missing the point of your
> question. Can you clarify this for us? Are you wanting....
>
> This is regular text <sp
> an class="text">with som
> e text inside a span</sp
> an>
>
> ?
I am wanting to
This is regular text <sp... (see more)
;)