How do I only display part of a string using css

Question

I want to be able to display a string of characters up to 10 characters. If the string goes over 10 characters, I\'d like to append \'...\' to the end.

For example, if

Answer 1

Without using any serverside script or javascript you can not do this.

Use below function.

function LimitCharacter($data,$limit = 20)
{
    if (strlen($data) > $limit)
    {
        $data = substr($data, 0, strrpos(substr($data, 0, $limit), ' ')) . '...';
        return $data;
    }
    else
    {
        return $data;
    }
}

call it as LimitCharacter($yourString,5);

Javascript

var str = 'Some very long string';
if(str.length > 10) str = str.substring(0,10)+"...";

CSS

.limtiCharClass {
    -o-text-overflow: ellipsis;   /* Opera */
    text-overflow:    ellipsis;   /* IE, Safari (WebKit) */
    overflow:hidden;              /* don't show excess chars */
    white-space:nowrap;           /* force single line */
    width: 300px;                 /* fixed width */
}