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phpreplacesubstringellipsis

Limit a filename character by the middle in PHP

I have a filename stored as 25507647_377205372719383_8438629006006905602_n.jpg and would like it to be display as 255076...905602_n.jpg

Solution

  • substr_replace() for the win.

    substr_replace — Replace text within a portion of a string

    Depending on your design logic, you can offer a positive or negative length parameter.

    Code: (Demo)

    $file = "25507647_377205372719383_8438629006006905602_n.jpg";
echo substr_replace($file, '...', 6, 32);
echo "\n";
echo substr_replace($file, '...', 6, -12);

    Output:

    255076...905602_n.jpg
255076...905602_n.jpg