Returns "This is a..."
echo Str::words('This is a sentence.', 3);
Limit the number of words and append a custom ending
echo Str::words('This is a sentence.', 3, '---');
public function words($value, $words = 100, $end = '...')
{
if (trim($value) == '') {
return '';
}
preg_match('/^\\s*+(?:\\S++\\s*+){1,' . $words . '}/u', $value, $matches);
if ($this->length($value) == $this->length($matches[0])) {
$end = '';
}
return rtrim($matches[0]) . $end;
}