make short string from long

Question

i am new in web development field .

can someone help me how i can get a short string from an article body if its longer then 150 chars. thanks in advance

$title = "Post Title";
   $body = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur .adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum";

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possible duplicate of [How can I truncate a string to the first 20 words in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/965235/how-can-i-truncate-a-string-to-the-first-20-words-in-php) — Amal Murali, Apr 16 '14 at 14:27

Azeem Hassni · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-10T16:21:48.307

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simply do this ..

if(strlen($body) > 150) {
  $body = substr($body , 0 , 150);
}

echo $body;

or simply remove the if statement and use

 $body = substr($body , 0 , 150);

edited Nov 10 '17 at 16:21

answered Apr 16 '14 at 14:26

Azeem Hassni

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '14 at 14:27

Yeah, you should use "substr" (http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.substr.php)

echo substr('abcdef', 1, 3);

$title = "Post Title";
$body = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur .adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum";

$newVar = substr($body, 0, 150);

make short string from long

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