note 55865 added to function.str-word-count

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... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-word-count.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55865 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55865&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55865&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55865&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55865&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55865&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55865&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55865&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php