CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 3168

How to select first two sentences from database?

Currently i am doing this to get the first 20 words: 

   $thewhat = $row['about_field'];

   $shortened = implode(' ', array_slice(explode(' ', $thewhat), 0, 20));

But it looks messy, how can i do it so that only first 2 sentences are selected?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 332

Answers (2)

Marcus
Marcus

Reputation: 12586

If your sentences are delimited with dots you could try

$shortened = implode('.', array_slice(explode('.', $thewhat), 0, 2)) . '.';

Since this will only work for sentences delimited with dots and sentences without dots in the sentence here's a regex that could help you with most parts:

$pattern = '/(\S.+?[.!?])(?:\s+|$)/';
$matches = preg_split($pattern, $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE); 
$shortened = $matches[0] .' '. $matches[1];

The regex is stolen from: What is a regular expression for parsing out individual sentences? but is slightly altered to not include the matched whitespaces after each sentence.

Upvotes: 1

cetver
cetver

Reputation: 11829

<?
//extend this regexp [.?] as you need.
$text = 'codepad is an online compiler/interpreter, and a simple collaboration tool.Paste your code below, and codepad will run it and give you a short URL you can use to share it in chat or email? qwe asd zxc.';
$sentences = preg_split('/([.?]+)/', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY|PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE); 
/*
print_R($sentences); 
Array
(
    [0] => codepad is an online compiler/interpreter, and a simple collaboration tool
    [1] => .
    [2] => Paste your code below, and codepad will run it and give you a short URL you can use to share it in chat or email
    [3] => ?
    [4] =>  qwe asd zxc
    [5] => .
)
*/
$shorted = $sentences[0] . $sentences[1] . $sentences[2] . $sentences[3];
echo $shorted;
?>

Upvotes: 1

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