how to use substr() for {$scat.TITLE}

[Yury]

how can i use php substr() in the main.tpl file?

if the $scat.TITLE is longer then ~50 letters
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[yktan]

Hi Yury, you can use Smart templates' {php}{/php} tag to write php code. In your case, you can do something like this:

{* Display subcategories *}
<p class="subcats">
{if $cat.SUBCATS}
{foreach from=$cat.SUBCATS item=scat name=scategs}
<a class="small" href="{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_REWRITE}{$cat.TITLE_URL}/{$scat.TITLE_URL}/{else}index.php?c={$scat.ID}{/if}">
{php}
global $scat;
if (strlen($scat.TITLE) > 50){
// Reset title to 50 characters with ... trailing
$scat.TITLE = substr($scat.TITLE,0,50) . "...";
}
{/php}
{$scat.TITLE}</a>, {/foreach} ...
{/if}
</p>


Note: This code is not tested, just giving you an idea on what you can do.

Another way is to do it in the php script instead of the template or even the SQL select statement (using the SUBSTRING method in the select statement).

[Yury]

i have the same idea but it wont work :/

i became a parse error at this line
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[yktan]

Hi Yury, I haven't actually tried the code yet but can you post the error that you got?

Regards,
YK

[Ap0s7le]

Actually, that's a lot of wasted time.

Do this instead.

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later

[Yury]

thx @ Ap0s7le

this work fine :)

[Ap0s7le]

Not a problem

later

[jensos]

Is it possible to trucate by words and not by chars? So that it will display the first 50 words for example?

[James]

it tries to do so to make sure use it like this :

truncate:50:"...":false