Array Problem

I thought I understood how to traverse an array, but I guess I was wrong. I
have tried writing the code snippet below as: while, for, foreach... and get
the same (consistently wrong) result each time!

$data is a string variable containing lines of text. Each line is terminated
with a break (<br>). I need to analyze each line to ensure it does not exceed
$maxLength. If it is <= $maxLength do nothing, otherwise truncate the line at
$maxLength minus 3 and add ellipses (...). I then need to reassemble
everything back into a string variable, for later printing. Here is my code:

$line = explode('<br>', $data);
$count = count($line);
$i=1;
while ($i <= $count) {
$line = (strlen($line)>$maxLength) ? (substr($line,0,($maxLength-3)).'...')
: $line;
$i++;
}
$data = implode('<br>', $line);
echo $data;

I know I am forming the array correctly, because $line and $count display as
expected. I know that the ternary is correct, because it produces the desired
result using the original string (i.e., substituting $data outside the
'while' loop).

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[jn]

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I thought I understood how to traverse an array, but I guess I was wrong. I have tried writing the code snippet below as: while, for, foreach... and get the same (consistently wrong) result each time!

$data is a string variable containing lines of text. Each line is terminated with a break (<br>). I need to analyze each line to ensure it does not exceed $maxLength. If it is <= $maxLength do nothing, otherwise truncate the line at $maxLength minus 3 and add ellipses (...). I then need to reassemble
everything back into a string variable, for later printing. Here is my code:
$line = explode('<br>', $data);
$count = count($line);
$i=1;
while ($i <= $count) {
$line = (strlen($line)>$maxLength) ? (substr($line,0,($maxLength-3)).'...') : $line;
$i++;
}
$data = implode('<br>', $line);
echo $data;

I know I am forming the array correctly, because $line and $count display as expected. I know that the ternary is correct, because it produces the desired result using the original string (i.e., substituting $data outside the
'while' loop).

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

You aren't using your counter for anything. You are trying to run this on
every element, not the whole array at once. You should do this:
$line[$i] = (strlen($line[$i])>$maxLength) ?
(substr($line[$i],0,($maxLength-3)).'...') : $line[$i];

HTH

[Pedro Graca]

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<> wrote:

$line = explode('<br>', $data); ### $line is an array $count = count($line);
$i=1;
while ($i <= $count) {
$line = (strlen($line)>$maxLength) ? (substr($line,0,($maxLength-3)).'...') : $line; ### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ strlen( <array> ) ???? $i++;
}
$data = implode('<br>', $line);
echo $data;

I know I am forming the array correctly, because $line and $count display as
expected. I know that the ternary is correct, because it produces the desired
result using the original string (i.e., substituting $data outside the
'while' loop).

try:

<?php
$line = explode('<br>', $data);
foreach ($line as $currline) {
while (strlen($currline) > $maxLength) {
### As I don't want to change the array inside the loop,
### I'm creating another array for the results
$newline[] = (substr($currline, 0, ($maxLength - 3)) . '...');
$currline = substr($currline, ($maxLength - 3));
}
$newline[] = $currline;
}
$newdata = implode('<br/>', $newline);
echo $newdata;
?>
Happy Coding :)

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"<>" <lo******@44.255.255.255> wrote in message
news:9H********************@twister.socal.rr.com.. . <snip>

$data is a string variable containing lines of text. Each line is

terminated

with a break (<br>). I need to analyze each line to ensure it does not

exceed

$maxLength. If it is <= $maxLength do nothing, otherwise truncate the

line at

$maxLength minus 3 and add ellipses (...). I then need to reassemble
everything back into a string variable, for later printing. Here is my code:

$line = explode('<br>', $data);
$count = count($line);
$i=1;
while ($i <= $count) {
$line = (strlen($line)>$maxLength) ?

(substr($line,0,($maxLength-3)).'...')

: $line;
$i++;
}
$data = implode('<br>', $line);
echo $data;

<snip>
You aren't using your counter for anything. You are trying to run this on
every element, not the whole array at once. You should do this:
$line[$i] = (strlen($line[$i])>$maxLength) ?
(substr($line[$i],0,($maxLength-3)).'...') : $line[$i];

I could have sworn I already tried that! Oh well... thanks for your help.
I'll learn.

Now that this snippet is working, it has uncovered another problem. That is,
if a <pre> is part of $data, the ternary is ineffective on that substring. I
guess I can solve that with an if/else and substr. Do you think it is better
to do it inside or outside of the loop?