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Title : Quick code to show how to limit strings to a certain word count
Categories : PHP, Strings
bastien koert
Date : Nov 22nd 2004
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Hi All,

Seen a few questions recently about how to limit the word count of output to a certain number.

Here it is...

Bastien



<?
$text
= "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."; //can be a db output value

$string = ''; //the output string initiliazed

$text_limit = 5//word count limit


$text_array = explode(" ", $text);
for (
$x = 0; $x < $text_limit; $x++){
 
$string .= " " . $text_array[$x];
}
//next
 
echo $string."...";
?>



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 Abdoulaye Siby wrote : 1234
Hi bastien,

Well done, but you might want to upgrade that function so I can detect any possibility. For example, when the string contains periods, comas, and so one.

Try with the following strings :

$string1 = `They like computers,games, and music`;
$string2 = `I said:what is going on ?`;

Keep up the good work.


 
 Stephan Six wrote :1238
Hi there,

try this:

    function cutWords ( $str, $maxWords )
    {
        return preg_replace ( `/^((.+?\b){` . ( 2 * $maxWords - 1 ) . `}).*/`, `$1`, $str );
    }


Best regards!