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Description

Truncates text blocks over the specified character limit. The behavior will not truncate an individual word, it will find the first space that is within the limit and truncate at that point. This method is UTF-8 safe.

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Syntax

truncate($text, $length=0)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$text		$text The text to truncate.
$length	0	$length The maximum length of the text.

Returns

string The truncated text.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/html/html/string.php

Importing

JLoader::register('JHtmlString', JPATH_LIBRARIES.'/joomla/html/html/string.php');

Source Body

function truncate($text, $length = 0)
{
        // Truncate the item text if it is too long.
        if ($length > 0 && JString::strlen($text) > $length)
        {
                // Find the first space within the allowed length.
                $tmp = JString::substr($text, 0, $length);
                $tmp = JString::substr($tmp, 0, JString::strrpos($tmp, ' '));

                // If we don't have 3 characters of room, go to the second space within the limit.
                if (JString::strlen($tmp) >= $length - 3) {
                        $tmp = JString::substr($tmp, 0, JString::strrpos($tmp, ' '));
                }

                $text = $tmp.'...';
        }

        return $text;
}

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Examples

echo JHTML::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));