Hi :)

I am using the following function (that I found in the user comments on php.net manual) for trimming the number of words accepted via a form field

// Truncation is by word limit, not character limit. So if you limit
// to 255, then it will cut off a text item to 255 words, not 255 characters
function trim_text ($string, $truncation=250) {
        $string = preg_split("/\s+/",$string,($truncation+1));
        unset($string[(sizeof($string)-1)]);
        return implode(' ',$string);
}

This works well, except it is also removing any line breaks. For instance...

-snip-

I'd like to (need to) retain the line breaks. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
verdon


verdon:

I had the same problem and fixed it with this:

// remove all linefeeds and replace with new paragraph
$pattern = "\n";
$replace = "</p><p>";
$des = eregi_replace($pattern, $replace, $des);

Then in your html, use:

<p><?php echo($des); ?></p>

Worked for me.

tedd


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