mb_strimwidth

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Get truncated string with specified width

string mb_strimwidth ( string $str, int $start, int $width [, string $trimmarker = "" [, string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding() ]] )

Truncates string str to specified width.

Parameters:

str

The string being decoded.

start

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

width

The width of the desired trim.

trimmarker

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

encoding

The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

Returns:

The truncated string. If trimmarker is set, trimmarker is appended to the return value.

Examples:

mb_strimwidth() example

<?php
echo mb_strimwidth("Hello World", 0, 10, "...");
// outputs Hello W...
?>