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Re: use of substring in php [message #174597 is a reply to message #174592]

Tue, 21 June 2011 09:04

Erwin Moller
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On 6/20/2011 11:19 PM, Co wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I want to cut down the name of the user to 10 characters so it will
> fit to the picture of the user.
> At this moment I use $firstnameCut = substr($firstname, 0, 10);
> However sometimes the name is like:
>
> Johannes Paul.
> with my code it will show: Johannes P
>
> How can I change this so if the second or third name doesn't fit
> within the 10 characters
> it will not be shown at all?
>
> Regards
> Marco

Hello Marco,

I like using ... to show the visitor that something is cutted away.
eg:
Marco --> Marco
Johannes Paul -> Johannes...

But that works better for longer strings. If you only want 10
characters, the 3 ... take up too much space I expect.

Also, make sure you give your image a title="Johannes Paul" and
alt="Johannes Paul" so everybody can easily find the full name by
hovering over the image.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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