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lvil
lvil

Reputation: 4336

Replace all html special characters in Smarty

I want to truncate a string in Smarty
This is the scenario:
The string is "Test!abc". Maximum characters allowed = 5.
Smarty gets string.
If I use {$string}, I get the desired result "Test!abc"
If I use {$string|truncate:5:"..":true} I get "Test&.."

How can I make truncate after html chars conversion. Prefer not to make it in php.
I know about "replace", but it will look like "|replace..|replace..|......"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 16632

Answers (3)

JochenJung
JochenJung

Reputation: 7213

In Smarty 2 you can try this one

{$string|html_entity_decode|truncate:5}

Upvotes: 1

Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson

Reputation: 29508

You could try something like: 

{$string|html_entity_decode:2:"UTF-8"|truncate:5:"...":true|htmlentities:2:"UTF-8"}

Upvotes: 3

rodneyrehm
rodneyrehm

Reputation: 13557

If you're using Smarty 3.1 you can have a look at the unescape modifier.

{$string|unescape:"entity"|truncate:5}

Upvotes: 3

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