Using Laravel for Advanced String Manipulation in PHP

Limiting the Number of Words in a String

Explore how to limit the number of words returned from a string using Laravel's words helper method. Learn to apply this method on both plain and fluent strings to control text output precisely within your PHP applications.

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1.Introduction

2.What Are Strings?

3.Fluent Strings

4.The Formatting Helper Methods

5.The Logical Helper Methods

6.The Construction Helper Methods

7.The Extraction Helper Methods

8.Padding Strings

9.String Translations and Extension

10.Lines and Words

11.Applied Techniques: Writing a Gherkin Parser

12.Markov Chains and Text Generation

13.Fixed Width Data Parsing

14.Splitting Strings

15.Applied Techniques: A Blade Directive Validator

16.Working with HTML

17.Regular Expressions

18.Conclusion

19.Appendix

Limiting the Number of Words in a String

The `words` helper method

Limiting the Number of Words in a String

The words helper method

The `words` helper method