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1. taghaboy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   hello,
   How can i shorten my title <?php the_title(); ?> using this php script :
   

   <?php
   function shorten_text($text, $length) {
       $shortened_text = substr($text, 0, $length);
       $shortened_text .= '…';
       return $shortened_text;
   }
   $title = 'Your very long title blah blah blah';
   $shortened_title = shorten_text($title, 15);
   
   print $shortened_title;
   ?>

   Thanks

2. thisisedie
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   What do you mean by shorten the title? The title of the post? Just... type a shorter title.

3. taghaboy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi thisisedie,
   cause i'd like to short the title only in frontpage, and show the full in Read more.
   My goal is how can i insert the <?php the_title(); ?>
   in line 7 = 'Your very long title blah blah blah'

   Thanks

4. taghaboy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   any help please.

5. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   For starters, you need the_title in your code:

   <?php $ptitle = the_title("","", false); ?>

6. taghaboy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'v find solution in http://www.wordpress-fr.net/support/viewtopic.php?pid=99796#p99796
   and thanks goes to BertrandB21
   

   <?php
         function shorten_text($text, $length) {
             $shortened_text = substr($text, 0, $length);
             $shortened_text .= '…';
             return $shortened_text;
         }
         if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
             $title=the_title('','',FALSE);
             $shortened_title = shorten_text($title, 15);
             print $shortened_title;
         ?>
             <?php endwhile;?>
           <?php else : ?>
             <h2>Introuvable</h2>
             <p>Désolé, mais vous cherchez quelque chose qui n'est pas ici.</p>
         <?php endif; ?>

   also for little code lover you can simply use this:
   <?php $thetitle = $post->post_title; echo substr($thetitle, 0, 26); ?>...

   Enjoy

7. jhsu79
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Found an even better php function to strip characters without loosing words:

   Copy and paste this into your theme_folder/functions.php file:

   //function to call and print shortened post title
   function the_title_shorten($len,$rep='...') {
   	$title = the_title('','',false);
   	$shortened_title = textLimit($title, $len, $rep);
   	print $shortened_title;
   }
   
   //shorten without cutting full words (Thank You Serzh 'http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php#83585')
   function textLimit($string, $length, $replacer) {
   	if(strlen($string) > $length)
   	return (preg_match('/^(.*)\W.*$/', substr($string, 0, $length+1), $matches) ? $matches[1] : substr($string, 0, $length)) . $replacer;
   	return $string;
   }

   And then call it in your template file:

   <?php the_title_shorten(15,'...'); ?>

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