Show first 50 words

Question

I have a long paragraph as a description, in the summary, I want to show just part of that, the first 50 words. This description stored in the database.

So how can I show just the first 50 words of this description? I am using Laravel 5.5.

I call it like that:

<p class="text-danger"> {{$project->description}} </p>

Possible duplicate of [How can I truncate a string to the first 20 words in PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/965235/how-can-i-truncate-a-string-to-the-first-20-words-in-php) — CBroe, Nov 28 '17 at 08:54
Thanks, {{ str_limit($project->description, 50) }} This is work — , Nov 28 '17 at 08:59

Hiren Gohel · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-28T09:11:05.733

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You can use str_limit()

Try like this:

{{ str_limit($project->description, 50) }}

Hope this helps you!

edited Nov 28 '17 at 09:11

answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:59

Hiren Gohel

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It counts by characters, not by words. but it okay for me, thanks. – Nov 28 '17 at 09:03
Glad i could help you! Accept it and close the issue! – Hiren Gohel Nov 28 '17 at 09:04
@Gist Try this: `{!! Str::words($project->description, 10,'....') !!}` Hope this is what you are looking for! But i think this works only in Laravel 4, not in L5. For now just try and look the result! – Hiren Gohel Nov 28 '17 at 09:20
For some reason `str_limit`didn't work for me as the function has been deprecated [read it here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51095567/limit-text-using-str-limit-function-in-laravel-5-5), I had to use `Str::limit` but I'll use `Str::words` (seems better for what I'm tryin to do) – maiakd Jan 09 '22 at 11:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:59

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do like this

 {{ strlen($project->description) > 50 ? substr($project->description,0,50).'..' : $project->description }}

answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:59

Mohamed Akram

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It gives the same result as the solution accepted. Thanks. – Nov 28 '17 at 09:11

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 07:29

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Now we can use

{{ \Illuminate\Support\Str::words($project->description, 50 ) }}

to show the first 50 words in Laravel

answered Oct 13 '20 at 07:29

Aloksinghse

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:55

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You can use array_splice:

{{ implode(' ', array_splice(explode(' ', $project->description), 0, 50)) }}

answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:55

Alexey Mezenin

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:56

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In your model use

public function getShortContentAttribute()
    {
        return substr($this->content, 0, random_int(60, 150)). '...';
    }

in view use like below

{{ $article->ShortContent }}

answered Nov 28 '17 at 08:56

HemalHerath

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this will give random number for ur pharagraph with 60 words to 150 words, hope this what u looking – HemalHerath Nov 28 '17 at 08:57

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