Add Support To Truncate Html Output

[Blesta Addons]

the class data_structure_string.php has already the option to truncate a text , but is not supporting a HTML out put . so 'im requesting adding a new function to truncate a HTML response/output .

[Blesta Addons]

i have completed this task my self , now is time to share


php class to truncate HTML content ,

 

 

https://github.com/Blesta-Addons/data_structure_html

 

INSTALLATION

just upload the helpers folders to the blesta directory .

USAGE

inside the controller add :
 

$this->set("html", $this->DataStructure->create("html"));

in the template file .PDT you can use it as the fallowing code

$result = $html->truncate($text, $length = 150 , $strip_tags = true , $ending = ' ... ', $exact = false, $considerHtml = true );

you can sipmly you it as

$result = $html->truncate($this->Html->ifSet($vars->text), 180 );

the class support the fallowing param

@param string $text HTML to truncate.
@param integer $length Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
@param boolean $strip_tags If true , $text will rendered without html tags
@param string $ending Ending to be appended to the trimmed string.
@param boolean $exact If false, $text will not be cut mid-word
@param boolean $considerHtml If true, HTML tags would be handled correctly

this class is taken from the CakePHP framework .