Truncate string in Laravel blade templates

Question

Is there a truncate modifier for the blade templates in Laravel, pretty much like Smarty?

I know I could just write out the actual php in the template but i\'m looki

Answer 1

To keep your code DRY, and if your content comes from your model you should adopt a slightly different approach. Edit your model like so (tested in L5.8):

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class Comment extends Model
{
    public function getShortDescriptionAttribute()
    {
        return Str::words($this->description, 10, '...');
    }
}
?>

Then in your view :

{{ $comment->short_description }}

Answer 2

Laravel 6 Update:

@php
$value = 'Artificial Intelligence';
$var = Str::limit($value, $limit = 15, $end = '');
print_r($var);
@endphp

<p class="card-text">{{ Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($value, 7) }}</p>
<h2 class="main-head">{!! Str::limit($value, 5) !!}</h2>

Answer 3

Edit: This answer is was posted during the Laravel 4 beta, when Str class did not exist. There is now a better way to do it in Laravel 4 - which is Dustin's answer below. I cannot delete this answer due to SO rules (it wont let me)

Blade itself does not have that functionality.

In Laravel 3 there was the Str class - which you could do:

{{ Str::limit($myVariable, 10) }}

At this stage I do not believe the Str class is in Laravel 4 - but here is a port of it that you can include in composer to add to your own project

Answer 4

This works on Laravel 5:

{!!strlen($post->content) > 200 ? substr($post->content,0,200) : $post->content!!}

Answer 5

You can Set the namespace like:

{!! \Illuminate\Support\Str::words($item->description, 10,'....')  !!}

Answer 6

Laravel 4 has Str::limit which will truncate to the exact number of characters, and also Str::words which will truncate on word boundary.

Check out:

• http://laravel.com/api/4.2/Illuminate/Support/Str.html#method_limit