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mb_strimwidth

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)

mb_strimwidth — Get truncated string with specified width

mb_strimwidth ( string $string , int $start , int $width [, string $trim_marker = "" [, string|null $encoding = null ]] ) : string

Truncates string string to specified width.

string: The string being decoded.
start: The start position offset. Number of characters from the beginning of string (first character is 0), or if start is negative, number of characters from the end of the string.
width: The width of the desired trim. Negative widths count from the end of the string.
trim_marker: A string that is added to the end of string when string is truncated.
encoding: The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, the internal character encoding value will be used.

The truncated string. If trim_marker is set, trim_marker replaces the last chars to match the width.

Version	Description
8.0.0	`encoding` is nullable now.
7.1.0	Support for negative `start`s and `width`s has been added.

Example #1 mb_strimwidth() example

<?php
echo mb_strimwidth("Hello World", 0, 10, "...");
// output: "Hello W..."
?>