note 55865 modified in function.str-word-count by danbrown

From:	danbrown@php.net	Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:28:31 +0000
Subject:	note 55865 modified in function.str-word-count by danbrown
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Here's a function that will trim a $string down to a certian number of words, and add a... on the end of it.
(explansion of muz1's 1st 100 words code)

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<?php
function trim_text($text, $count){
$text = str_replace(" ", " ", $text);
$string = explode(" ", $text);
for ( $wordCounter = 0; $wordCounter <= $count;wordCounter++ ){ 
$trimed .= $string[$wordCounter];
if ( $wordCounter < $count ){ $trimed .= " "; }
else { $trimed .= "..."; }
}
$trimed = trim($trimed);
return $trimed;
}
?>

Usage
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<?php
$string = "one two three four";
echo trim_text($string, 3);
?>

returns:
one two three... --was-- Here's a function that will trim a $string down to a certian number of words, and add a... on the end of it. (explansion of muz1's 1st 100 words code) ---------------------------------------------- function trim_text($text, $count){ $text = str_replace(" ", " ", $text); $string = explode(" ", $text); for ( $wordCounter = 0; $wordCounter <= $count;wordCounter++ ){ $trimed .= $string[$wordCounter]; if ( $wordCounter < $count ){ $trimed .= " "; } else { $trimed .= "..."; } } $trimed = trim($trimed); return $trimed; } Usage ------------------------------------------------ $string = "one two three four"; echo trim_text($string, 3); returns: one two three... http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-word-count.php