Question

filtering a php variable i wanna limit characters coming from a variable in php simple html dom parser assuming
$des = 'lorem ipsum domet lorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem ipsum dometlorem;

but i want to limit this text in a new variable …. so $des will minimized to limited characters like 10 characters. and a new variable like this way>
$new_des ='lorem ipsu';
any idea?

Answer 1

To fit the given example:

$new_des = substr($des,0,10)

If you really mean “words” instead of characters:

$new_des = implode(' ', array_slice(str_word_count($des, 1),0,10));