Truncate string in Laravel blade templates

In Laravel 4 & 5 (up to 5.7), you can use str_limit, which limits the number of characters in a string.

While in Laravel 5.8 up, you can use the Str::limit helper.

//For Laravel 4 to Laravel 5.5
{{ str_limit($string, $limit = 150, $end = '...') }}
//For Laravel 5.5 upwards
{{ \Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($string, 150, $end='...') }}

For more Laravel helper functions http://laravel.com/docs/helpers#strings

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Laravel 4 has Str::limit which will truncate to the exact number of characters, and also Str::words which will truncate on word boundary.

Check out:

http://laravel.com/api/4.2/Illuminate/Support/Str.html#method_limit

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Edit: This answer is was posted during the Laravel 4 beta, when Str class did not exist. There is now a better way to do it in Laravel 4 - which is Dustin's answer below. I cannot delete this answer due to SO rules (it wont let me)

Blade itself does not have that functionality.

In Laravel 3 there was the Str class - which you could do:

{{ Str::limit($myVariable, 10) }}

At this stage I do not believe the Str class is in Laravel 4 - but here is a port of it that you can include in composer to add to your own project

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Update for Laravel 7.*: Fluent Strings i.e a more fluent, object-oriented interface for working with string values, allowing you to chain multiple string operations together using a more readable syntax compared to traditional string operations.

limit Example :

$truncated = Str::of('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')->limit(20);

Output

The quick brown fox...

words Example :

$string = Str::of('Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.')->words(3, ' >>>');

Output

Perfectly balanced, as >>>

Update for Laravel 6.* : You require this package to work all laravel helpers composer require laravel/helpers

For using helper in controller, don't forget to include/use class as well

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

Laravel 5.8 Update

This is for handling characters from the string :

{!! Str::limit('Lorem ipsum dolor', 10, ' ...') !!}

Output

Lorem ipsu ... 

This is for handling words from the string :

{!! Str::words('Lorem ipsum dolor', 2, ' ...') !!}

Output

Lorem ipsum ... 

Here is the latest helper documentation for handling string Laravel Helpers

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To keep your code DRY, and if your content comes from your model you should adopt a slightly different approach. Edit your model like so (tested in L5.8):

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class Comment extends Model
{
    public function getShortDescriptionAttribute()
    {
        return Str::words($this->description, 10, '...');
    }
}
?>

Then in your view :

{{ $comment->short_description }}

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You can Set the namespace like:

{!! \Illuminate\Support\Str::words($item->description, 10,'....')  !!}

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For simple things like this I would prefer to make a helper - for example:

create a helpers.php file in your /app/helpers.php with following content:

<?php
if (! function_exists('short_string')) {
    function short_string($str) {
            $rest = substr($str, 0, 10);
            return $rest;
    }
}

Register the helper.php at autoload in your composer.json

   "autoload": {
        "files": [
            "app/helpers.php"
        ],
        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/"
        },
        "classmap": [
            "database/seeds",
            "database/factories"
        ]
    }

After that you can use in your blade file for example:

{{ short_string($whatever_as_text) }}

You can use this simple function, then, globally in your app.

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This works on Laravel 5:

{!!strlen($post->content) > 200 ? substr($post->content,0,200) : $post->content!!}

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You can set string limit as below example:

<td>{{str_limit($biodata ->description, $limit = 20, $end = '...')}}</td>

It will display only the 20 letters including whitespaces and ends with ....

https://i.stack.imgur.com/3f05O.png

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In Laravel 4 & 5 (up to 5.7), you can use str_limit, which limits the number of characters in a string.

While in Laravel 7 up, you can use the Str::limit helper.

//For Laravel  to Laravel 7

{{ Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($post->title, 20, $end='...') }}

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You can use sub_str:

{{substr($myVariable,10)}}

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The Str::words method limits the number of words in a string. An additional string may be passed to this method via its third argument to specify which string should be appended to the end of the truncated string:

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

return Str::words('Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.', 3, ' >>>');

// Perfectly balanced, as >>>

You may pass a third argument to the method to change the string that will be appended to the end of the truncated string:

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

$truncated = Str::limit('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', 20, ' (...)');

// The quick brown fox (...)

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Laravel 6 Update:

@php
$value = 'Artificial Intelligence';
$var = Str::limit($value, $limit = 15, $end = '');
print_r($var);
@endphp

<p class="card-text">{{ Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($value, 7) }}</p>
<h2 class="main-head">{!! Str::limit($value, 5) !!}</h2>

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The example below, work with laravel 8.

{!! Str::words("$post->content", 8, ' ...') !!}

{!! Str::limit("$post->content", 15, ' ...') !!}

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You can use the Laravel Blade directive like this.

Str::limit('$yourString',numberOfElement).

For example Str::limit('Test', 3) will show you Tes...

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