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[Resolved] Questionmark appearing after shortened title

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Last updated by markus 5 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Waqar.

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I am developing a site for a Greek client (mostly Greek characters site). I used the following method to create shortened titles for a list view (in Views).
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/limit-text-output-in-wpv-post-link/

add_shortcode( 'wpv-post-shorttitle', 'wpv_post_shorttitle');
function wpv_post_shorttitle($atts)
{
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'thetitle' => '',
), $atts ) );
 
return substr($thetitle, 0, 35);
}

All works fine, except that right at the position where the title is shortened a "questionmark" appears. Any idea what to do?

#1218523

Hi Markus,

Thank you for contacting us and I'll be happy to assist.

When working with a language with special characters like Greek, you can replace "substr" function ( ref: hidden link ) with a multi-byte safe "mb_substr" function ( ref: hidden link )

Which means, you'll replace:


return substr($thetitle, 0, 35);

With:


return mb_substr($thetitle, 0, 35);

I hope this helps.

regards,
Waqar

#1218662

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!