limit characters or words from text area in list

[bwakad]

Is there something available that can limit the characters or preferably words from a field in a template for a list.

Or do I have to make 2 fields, one for intro and one for full text, which would not be convenient.

Example:

List view (index)

item one - myfield (20 words)

item two - myfield (20 words)

Full view (item)

my field - full-text

Could not really find anything

[teppo]

Take a look at mb_substr() for setting character limit. For word limiter you can use something like this: http://snipplr.com/view/12987/limit-words-in-a-string/.

// basic mb_substr example
$value = $page->my_field;
if (mb_strlen($value) > 255) {
    echo mb_substr($value, 0, 255) . "...";
} else {
    echo $value;
}

[bwakad]

thanks, I will use both in different conditions!