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Description

Abridges text strings over the specified character limit. The behavior will insert an ellipsis into the text replacing a section of variable size to ensure the string does not exceed the defined maximum length. This method is UTF-8 safe.

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Syntax

abridge($text, $length=50, $intro=30)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$text		$text The text to abridge.
$length	50	$length The maximum length of the text.
$intro	30	$intro The maximum length of the intro text.

Returns

string The abridged text.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/html/html/string.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.html.html.string' );

Source Body

function abridge($text, $length = 50, $intro = 30)
{
        // Abridge the item text if it is too long.
        if (JString::strlen($text) > $length) {
                // Determine the remaining text length.
                $remainder = $length - ($intro + 3);

                // Extract the beginning and ending text sections.
                $beg = JString::substr($text, 0, $intro);
                $end = JString::substr($text, JString::strlen($text)-$remainder);

                // Build the resulting string.
                $text = $beg.'...'.$end;
        }

        return $text;
}

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