使用子串

http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

$foo = substr("abcde",0, 3) . "...";

最好像这样抽象你的代码(注意限制是可选的，默认为10):

print limit($string);


function limit($var, $limit=10)
{
    if ( strlen($var) > $limit )
    {
        return substr($string, 0, $limit) . '...';
    }
    else
    {
        return $var;
    }
}

Substr()是最好的，你还需要先检查字符串的长度

$str = 'someLongString';
$max = 7;

if(strlen($str) > $max) {
   $str = substr($str, 0, $max) . '...';
}

Wordwrap不会修剪字符串，只是分割它…

我使用的函数是:

function cutAfter($string, $len = 30, $append = '...') {
        return (strlen($string) > $len) ? 
          substr($string, 0, $len - strlen($append)) . $append : 
          $string;
}

看到它的行动。

如果对截断字符串的长度没有硬性要求，可以使用这个来截断并防止截断最后一个单词:

$text = "Knowledge is a natural right of every human being of which no one
has the right to deprive him or her under any pretext, except in a case where a
person does something which deprives him or her of that right. It is mere
stupidity to leave its benefits to certain individuals and teams who monopolize
these while the masses provide the facilities and pay the expenses for the
establishment of public sports.";

// we don't want new lines in our preview
$text_only_spaces = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $text);

// truncates the text
$text_truncated = mb_substr($text_only_spaces, 0, mb_strpos($text_only_spaces, " ", 50));

// prevents last word truncation
$preview = trim(mb_substr($text_truncated, 0, mb_strrpos($text_truncated, " ")));

在本例中，$preview将是“Knowledge is a natural right of every human”。

动态代码示例: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/25484a8b687d1f5ad93f62082b6379662a6b4713

这个函数可以在中间不中断单词的情况下完成工作

    function str_trim($str,$char_no){
        if(strlen($str)<=$char_no)
            return $str;
        else{
            $all_words=explode(" ",$str);
            $out_str='';
            foreach ($all_words as $word) {
                $temp_str=($out_str=='')?$word:$out_str.' '.$word;
                if(strlen($temp_str)>$char_no-3)//-3 for 3 dots
                    return $out_str."...";
                $out_str=$temp_str;
            }
        }
    }