How To Set character_limiter() in Codeigniter - php

Question

I'm new to Codeigniter. Now I want to set the character limit in the view. First, get the data from the database with $query_result->result(), and then show it in the view using foreach().
Here is my Controller, Model and View:
public function index() {
$data = array();
$data['category'] = $this->product_model->selectAllcategory();
$data['randProduct'] = $this->product_model->selectRandomProduct();
$data['products'] = $this->product_model->selectAllProduct();
$data['maincontent'] = $this->load->view('home', $data, true);
$data['title'] = 'Welcome Russel Store';
$this->load->view('index', $data);
}
And my Model:
public function selectAllProduct() {
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('product');
$this->db->where('status', 1);
$this->db->order_by('product_id', 'desc');
$query_result = $this->db->get();
$result = $query_result->result();
return $result;
}
And I want to set the character limit in the View:
http://russelstore.mastersite.info
echo character_limiter($result->product_title, 25);

Answer 1

http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/helpers/text_helper.html
You should import Text Helper
in your controller, it is a good practice to load helper, models and libraries in a constructor
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper('text');
$this->load->model('products_model'); //name of your model class
}
function index()
{
$data['products']=$this->products_model->selectAllProduct();
$this->load->view('index',$data);
}
at your view index.php
//This is an example from CI's home page
//$string = "Here is a nice text string consisting of eleven words.";
//$string = word_limiter($string, 4);
foreach($products as $p)
{
$limited_word = word_limiter($p[product_title],25);
echo $limited_word;
}

Answer 2

you can use my code there
<?php $artikel=$a->isi;$artikel=character_limiter($artikel,200); ?>
<p><?php echo $artikel ?></p>
Selanjutnya
<?php endforeach; ?>

Answer 3

First Load the helper class in either autoload.php or in the controller class.
For Global use , write in Autoload.php:
$autoload['helper'] = array('text');
OR If you want to use only in one controller.php class then:
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper('text');
}
Then in your view.php:
<?php
if(!empty($ques)) {
foreach($ques as $list) {
$title = character_limiter($list->Title, 80); // Here we are setting the title character limit to 80
<?php echo $title;?>
}
}
?>