Method: str::excerpt

Creates an exceprt of a string
It removes all html tags first and then uses str::short

Info

Syntax

str::excerpt($string, $chars=140, $removehtml=true, $rep='…')

Parameters

• $string (string) The string to be shortened
• $chars (int) The final number of characters the string should have
• $removehtml (boolean) True: remove the HTML tags from the string first
• $rep (string) The element, which should be added if the string is too long. Ellipsis is the default.

Return (string)

The shortened string