PHP Limit String to Word or Sentences
Posted on September 6th, 2011
To limit a string to only first 3 sentences:
<?php preg_match('/^([^.!?]*[\.!?]+){0,3}/', strip_tags($text), $abstract); echo $abstract[0]; ?>
To limit a string to only first 30 words:
<? php preg_match('/^([^.!?\s]*[\.!?\s]+){0,30}/', strip_tags($text), $abstract); echo $abstract[0]; ?>
