Php - How to display first n words of a paragraph ...


Using this function we can extract first $lemgth words from  $string

<?php

function wordlimit($string, $length = 50, $ellipsis = "...")
{
   $words = explode(' ', $string);
   if (count($words) > $length)
       return implode(' ', array_slice($words, 0, $length)) . $ellipsis;
   else
       return $string;
}

?>