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 ]] )

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.

Return Values

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

Examples

Example #1 mb_strimwidth() example

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

See Also

• mb_strwidth() - Return width of string
• mb_internal_encoding() - Set/Get internal character encoding