Str::excerpt()

Creates an excerpt of a string It removes all html tags first and then cuts the string according to the specified number of chars.

Str::excerpt(string $string, int $chars = 140, bool $strip = true, string $rep = ' …'): string

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
$string *	`string`	–	The string to be shortened
$chars	`int`	`140`	The final number of characters the string should have
$strip	`bool`	`true`	True: remove the HTML tags from the string first
$rep	`string`	`' …'`	The element, which should be added if the string is too long. Ellipsis is the default.

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