Function to limit the words or characters in a post excerpt

Description

This function will limit the number words or characters in a post excerpt. Change “XY” to the number of the desired charaters

This function will limit the number words or characters in a post excerpt. Change “XY” to the number of the desired charaters

HTML Source Code

                        
                          <!--limits the words-->

<?php
  $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
  echo string_limit_words($excerpt,25);
?>

<!--limits the characters-->

<?php echo substr(get_the_excerpt(),0,XY); ?>

PHP Source Code

                        
                          <?php
function string_limit_words($string, $word_limit)
{
  $words = explode(' ', $string, ($word_limit + 1));
  if(count($words) > $word_limit)
  array_pop($words);
  return implode(' ', $words);
}
?>


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