Re: truncate a link

ok. made it. just needed a breath of fresh air. lol.
thx euromark. i appreciate it!!!

On 4 Feb., 17:10, Tomfox Wiranata <tomfox.wiran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thx euromark
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> you mind helping me out? how do i translate it to html? are two steps
> necessary...
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> sorry, but it dont get it to work :(
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> On 4 Feb., 16:42, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > sry, for 2.0http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/text.html#TextH...
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> > On 4 Feb., 16:41, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > > @seehttp://book.cakephp.org/1.3/en/view/1469/Text
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> > > you mixed up the order
> > > if you do that before it will first truncate the link, of course.
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> > > after you translated it to html you can truncate (setting html param
> > > to true) the result then.
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> > > On 4 Feb., 16:34, Tomfox Wiranata <tomfox.wiran...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > hi,
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> > > > i have a long url like
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> > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/middleeast/syria-homs-death-t...
> > > > that i retrieve from an array $contact['value'];
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> > > > now i only want to show the first 30 characters without destroying the
> > > > link. when i do this
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> > > > $this->Message->createAutoLink($this->Text-
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> > > > >truncate($contact['value'], 25));
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> > > > the hyperlink gets created an works, unless i truncate the string. and
> > > > this link comes out
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> > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2012...
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> > > > is truncate the wrong function?
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> > > > thanks a lot :)

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