Limiting number of characters displayed in table cell

Question

I have a PHP loop that adds data into a table cell. However, I want to apply a static size to the table cell, so if more data is returned than can fit inside the cell I want th

Answer 1

You can use mb_strimwidth

printf('%s', mb_strimwidth($cellContent, 0, 100, '…'));

If you want to truncate with respect to word boundaries, see

• Truncate a multibyte String to n chars

You can also control content display with the CSS property text-overflow: ellipsis

• http://www.quirksmode.org/css/textoverflow.html

Unfortunately, browser support varies.