Limiting Number Of Characters Displayed In Table Cell

I have a PHP loop that adds data into a table cell. However, I want to apply a static size to the table cell, so if more data is returned than can fit inside the cell I want the e

Solution 1:

if (strlen($str) > 100) $str = substr($str, 0, 100) . "...";

Solution 2:

You can use mb_strimwidth

printf('<td>%s</td>', mb_strimwidth($cellContent, 0, 100, '…'));

If you want to truncate with respect to word boundaries, see

• Truncate a multibyte String to n chars

You can also control content display with the CSS property text-overflow: ellipsis

• http://www.quirksmode.org/css/textoverflow.html

Unfortunately, browser support varies.

Solution 3:

functionprint_dots($message, $length = 100) {
  if(strlen($message) >= $length + 3) {
    $message = substr($message, 0, $length) . '...';
  }

  echo$message;
}

print_dots($long_text);

Solution 4:

$table_cell_data = "";  // This would hold the data in the cell$cell_limit      = 100; // This would be the limit of characters you wanted// Check if table cell data is greater than the limitif(strlen($table_cell_data) > $cell_limit) {
   // this is to keep the character limit to 100 instead of 103. OPTIONAL$sub_string = $cell_limit - 3; 

   // Take the sub string and append the ...$table_cell_data = substr($table_cell_data,0,$sub_string)."...";
}

// Testing outputecho$table_cell_data."<br />\n";