JHtmlString::abridge

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.

For example, it transforms "Really long title" to "Really...title". Note that this method does not scan for HTML tags so will potentially break them.

Signature

public function abridge(string
        $text,
            [integer
        $length = 50,
            [integer
        $intro = 30]] )

Parameters

$text: The text to abridge.
$length: The maximum length of the text (default is 50).
$intro: The maximum length of the intro text (default is 30).

Returns

string: The abridged text.