Cake php Text Helper Issue - cakephp

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Cake php Text Helper Issue
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$userName = 'Jusnitdustinwq';
echo $this->Text->truncate( $userName, 8, array('ending' => '...', 'exact' => false));
In document of cake php truncate it is written as if 'exact' is 'false', then $userName will not be cut mid-word, but here no word or $username is displaying, instead only ... is displaying here for above example
How to correct it ?

Answer 1

Try this:
echo $this->Text->truncate($userName , 8, array('ending' => '...'));
Or
echo $this->Text->truncate($userName , 8, array('ending' => '...', 'exact' => true));
problem cause by exact param, because $userName is not a collection of words separated by space and exact => true works on that type of input.
If you try like following, will see the fact:
$userName = 'Ju snit dustinwq';
echo $this->Text->truncate($userName , 8, array('ending' => '...', 'exact' => false));

Answer 2

It's working as intended. In your example, if you set 'exact'=>false, it tries to find a space somewhere at/before 8 characters to truncate there, but there are none. So, the only way it can keep your string below 8 characters and not cut off a word, is by removing all the text and just using "...".
Instead, try this:
$userName = 'Jusnitdustinwq';
if(strpos($userName, ' ')) {
echo $this->Text->truncate( $userName, 8, array('exact' => false));
} else {
echo $this->Text->truncate( $userName, 8);
}
Notice, you don't need to specify 'ending' unless you want to change it to something OTHER than the default, which is '...'; The same goes withk 'exact', which has the default of true.