RE: [PHP] Truncate words in multiple paragraphs

Nuts Missed the need to preserve line breaks Sorry Dan -----Original Message----- From: tedd [mailto:tedd@sperling.com] Sent: 03 February 2006 23:06 To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Truncate words in multiple paragraphs >Hi :) > >I am using the following function (that I found in the user comments >on php.net manual) for trimming the number of words accepted via a >form field > >// Truncation is by word limit, not character limit. So if you limit >// to 255, then it will cut off a text item to 255 words, not 255 characters >function trim_text ($string, $truncation=250) { > $string = preg_split("/\s+/",$string,($truncation+1)); > unset($string[(sizeof($string)-1)]); > return implode(' ',$string); >} > >This works well, except it is also removing any line breaks. For instance... > >-snip- > >I'd like to (need to) retain the line breaks. Any suggestions? > >Thanks, >verdon verdon: I had the same problem and fixed it with this: // remove all linefeeds and replace with new paragraph $pattern = "\n"; $replace = "</p><p>"; $des = eregi_replace($pattern, $replace, $des); Then in your html, use: <p><?php echo($des); ?></p> Worked for me. tedd -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- http://sperling.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php __________ NOD32 1.1393 (20060203) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com