truncated version of the bodycopy

[drilonb]

Ryan can you help with this body copy

in my template i am using like this,

<?php
		$children = $pages->get("/futboll/")->children("sort=-created, limit=3");
		foreach($children as $futboll) {
		$image = $futboll->images->first();
		$thumb = $image->size(100, 100);		  
		echo "
		<ul class='latestnews'>
		<li><img src='{$thumb->url}' alt='Sport Kosova' />
		<p><strong><a href='{$futboll->url}'>{$futboll->title}</a></strong></p><p class='bardh'></br>{$futboll->summary}</p>
		</li>
		</ul>
		";
		}
		?>

and i like to limit body text in blog i try some your recommendation like:

if($skyscraper->body) {
		$summary = strip_tags($skyscraper->body); 
		if(strlen($summary) > 500) { 
			$summary = substr($summary, 0, 500); // display no more than 500 chars
			$summary = substr($summary, 0, strrpos($summary, ". ")+1); // and truncate to last sentence
		} 
		$summary = trim($summary); 
	} else $summary = '';

	$out = 	"\n\t<tr class='skyscraper_details'>" . 
		"\n\t\t<td rowspan='2' class='skyscraper_image'><a href='{$skyscraper->url}'>$img</a></td>" . 
		"\n\t\t<td><a href='{$skyscraper->url}'>{$skyscraper->title}</a></td>"; 

But i am gating blank in body or summary fields,

[ryan]

The code you posted in the second snippet is from the skyscrapers site, so if you copied that directly you would need change the variable names and such to match your own. If you are already doing that, can you post the actual code snippet you are using?

[drilonb]

Hey thanks Ryan i read step by step and now i fix it its work perfect ,

i use like this code,

              <?php
		$children = $pages->get("/f1/")->children("sort=-created, limit=3");
		foreach($children as $f1) {
		$image = $f1->images->first();
		$thumb = $image->size(185, 130);
		$summary = substr($f1->body, 0, 120);
		echo "
		<li><a href='{$f1->url}'><img src='{$thumb->url}' alt='Sport Kosova' /></a>
		<p class='bardh'>$summary</p>
		<p class='readmore'><a href='{$f1->url}'>Vazhdo Leximin »</a></p>
		</li>
		";
		}

[Arkster]

Heres the code I used to truncate and to make sure it ends in a word (so association wont become ass...), maybe it could be of some use as well as Ryan's example  :

<?php
if (strlen($vDescription) > 16) {
                $shortDescription = substr($vDescription, 0, 16); // truncate string
                $shortDescription = substr($shortDescription, 0, strrpos($shortDescription, ' '))."…<br /><a href='{$vehicle->url}'> Read more</a>"; // make sure it ends in a word 
              } else {$shortDescription = $vDescription;}

[drilonb]

Thanks Arkster ,

for now i am using like this i am Truncate-d and title too and its working perfect in template, example gjelbert.co

<?php
	foreach($page->children("sort=-created, limit=4") as $child) {
		$image = $child->images->first();
		$thumb = $image->size(100, 70);
		$summary = substr($child->body, 0, 80);
		$titulli = substr($child->title, 0, 19);
          echo "
	  <ul class='latestnews'>
	  <li>
	  <a href='{$child->url}'><img src='{$thumb->url}' width='{$thumb->width}' height='{$thumb->height}' alt='Sport Kosova' /></a>
          <p><a href='{$child->url}'>$titulli</a></p>
	  <br>$summary</br>
	  </li>
	  </ul>
          ";
          }