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1. gbaka
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   how would i restrict the character name in a category name and put "..." at the end i know how to do this with post names but have no idea how to do it with a category name, anyone?

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Use the PHP substr function.

3. gbaka
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   I know how to use that for post title but not sure how to do it for category...

   the best i have so far is
   

   <?php
   foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
       echo ShortenText($category->cat_name);
   } ?>

   shortentext being a code i have in the function, it works except every time theres a space in the name that cuts off it cuts off the whole word instead of the number of characters. this is the example of what happens
   if i want for it to cut off on 7 characters
   "category" it would change it to "categor..."
   but if it's this
   "new category" instead of this "new cat..." it does this "new ..."

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Change:
   

   echo ShortenText($category->cat_name);

   to

   echo substr($category->cat_name, 0, 7) . '...';

5. gbaka
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   hmmm it seems to be doing that for all titles now regardless of characters length...

6. gbaka
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   is there a way to use a if else statement for that tag?

7. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Don't know why not...see http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.if.php

8. gbaka
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   oh i figured it out using the function.php thanks for the help
   My original code worked i just realized that one part of it was just interfering with the spacings.

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