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1. c-bass
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   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hey,

   im using custom fields to add a url for a demo link on my posts (demo: Knowtebook.com, but sometimes the url is too long and I would like to shorten them like http://www.trendsand...dkdjdh.html

   I have tried it with a function in functions.php:
   

   // Links bzw. string kürzen und zurückgeben
   function ShortenText($text)
   {
   	// Change to the number of characters you want to display
   	$chars_limit = 55;
   
   	$chars_text = strlen($text);
   
   	$text = $text." ";
   	$text = substr($text,0,$chars_limit);
   	$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));
   
   	// Wenn Text mehr Zeichen als Zeichenlimit hat, füge ... hinzu
   	if ($chars_text > $chars_limit)
   	{
   		$text = $text."...";
   	}
   
   	return $text; 
   
   }

   and called in in single.php with:

   Link: <a href="<?php $link = get_post_meta($post->ID, "post-url", $single = true); echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "post-url", $single = true); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" target="_blank">
   
   									<?php the_title(); ?> - <?php echo ShortenText($link); ?>
   									</a>

   It doesnt work. Any idea or plugins?

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