php limit string length code example
Example 1: php get first 5 characters of string
$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"
Example 2: how to check php string length
<?php
$name = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6
$string = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>
Example 3: php limit string length
if (strlen($str) > 10)
$str = substr($str, 0, 7) . '...';