System:Template:truncateText
From Aspen Documentation
Used for truncating long text at word X, and adding an ellipse and a link to "read more".
Since 1.0
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Arguments
string truncateText (string $phrase, [integer $blurb_word_length = 40], [string $more_link = false])
- phrase
- The text that needs to be truncated.
- blurb_word_length
- The number of words to truncate after. The default is 40.
- more_link
- An html anchor to a place where the user can continue reading.
Notes
- The read more link does not auto-generate using the template url functions. Currently, you must provide the html anchor entirely.
Examples
$phrase = 'Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industrys standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.'; print $this->truncateText($phrase);
The result is the same block of text truncated after the fortieth word:
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industrys standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a…
