mb_strimwidth

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_strimwidth -- Get truncated string with specified width

Description

string mb_strimwidth ( string str, int start, int width [, string trimmarker [, string encoding]])

mb_strimwidth() truncates string str to specified width. It returns truncated string.

If trimmarker is set, trimmarker is appended to return value.

start is start position offset. Number of characters from the beginning of string. (First character is 0)

trimmarker is string that is added to the end of string when string is truncated.

encoding is character encoding. If it is omitted, internal encoding is used.

Example 1. mb_strimwidth() example

<?php
$str
= mb_strimwidth($str, 0, 40, "..>");
?>

See also mb_strwidth() and mb_internal_encoding().