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pugs2411 Reply #1, 15 years, 2 months ago

Hi,

I am after a solution to the following - i’m still learning to bear with me

I have a ditto call which I am using a chuck to template the results. At the moment I just have the page title plus a link to the page. however I would also like the contents of the page to show, maximum characters 40.

Can anyone help?

thanks

Lisa

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microcipcip Reply #2, 15 years, 2 months ago

I guess you’re using MODX Evolution, so try this:

1. Install PHX Plugin
2. Create this snippet:
Snippet name: phx:character_limit
Snippet Code:

<?php
if (strlen($output) > $options) {
      $output = $modx->stripTags($output, '');
      $output_cutted = substr($output, 0, $options);
      $last_space = strrpos($output_cutted, " ");
      $output = substr($output_cutted, 0, $last_space) . "";
      } else {
      $output = $modx->stripTags($output, ''); 
      }
      return $output;
?>

3. Usage:

[+content:character_limit=`180`+]

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