str::excerpt
Creates an excerpt of a string It removes all html tags first and then uses str::short
str::excerpt($string, $chars = 140, $removehtml = true, $rep = '…')
Parameters
- $string (string)
- The string to be shortened
- $chars (int)
- The final number of characters the string should have
- $removehtml (boolean)
- True: remove the HTML tags from the string first
- $rep (string)
- The element, which should be added if the string is too long. Ellipsis is the default.
Return values
- string
- The shortened string