$thread[title]

[K33nny]

I would like to put a max character cap on $thread[title] for forumdisplay.php.

Here is my idea but it did not work.

PHP Code:

        $maxthreadtitle = 45;
        $title = $ar[$thread[threadid]][title];
        $maxchars = $maxthreadtitle;  
        if (strlen($title)>$maxchars-1)
         {
         $spacepos = strpos($title." "," ",$maxchars);
        if ($spacepos!=0)
          {
           $title = substr($title ,0,$spacepos)."...";
          }
         } 


[K33nny]

Come on, someone help me! :devious:

[TECK]

Is easier then you think, use:

$trimmed_title = fetch_trimmed_title($thread['threadid'], 45);

You are done.

[Boofo]

Isn't that vB3 code you posted, Floren? Will that wrok with vB2?

[K33nny]

Where would I put your code TECK?

[TECK]

Sorry, Bob is right, this is for VB3.. I didn't realised we are in VB2 section.
Well, look at this function in vb3 functions.php and use the same approach...

[K33nny]

None of this has really helped me in anyway, thanks for trying I guess.

[TECK]

Originally Posted by K33nny

None of this has really helped me in anyway, thanks for trying I guess.

Well, it's helping you. All you have to do is look at the VB3 function I mentioned and you will be able to make it working.
Let me know if you have any other questions regarding the function.

[K33nny]

Originally Posted by TECK

Well, it's helping you. All you have to do is look at the VB3 function I mentioned and you will be able to make it working.
Let me know if you have any other questions regarding the function.

I'm not sure what function to look at or the file rather.

[K33nny]

PHP Code:

function fetch_trimmed_title($title, $chars = -1)
{
    global $vboptions;

    if ($chars == -1)
    {
        $chars = $vboptions['lastthreadchars'];
    }

    if ($chars)
    {
        // limit to 10 lines (\n{240}1234567890 does weird things to the thread preview)
        $titlearr = preg_split('#(\r\n|\n|\r)#', $title);
        $title = '';
        $i = 0;
        foreach ($titlearr AS $key)
        {
            $title .= "$key\n";
            $i++;
            if ($i >= 10)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
        $title = trim($title);
        unset($titlearr);

        if (strlen($title) > $chars)
        {
            // trim text to specified char length, then trim after last space to avoid half-words
            return substr($title, 0, strrpos(substr($title, 0, $chars), ' ')) . '...';
        }
        else
        {
            return $title;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        return $title;
    }
} 


TECK do you realize how confusing that is for me?