Question

How to get the first N words from a string in PHP

Answer 1

function get_the_first_N_words($s, $N) {
    $array = explode(" ", $s);
    
    if (count($array) <= $N) {
    	return $s;
    }
   
    array_splice($array, $N);

    return implode(" ", $array);
}
 
 

$s = "php java python c c++ c#";
$N = 3;

$first3 = get_the_first_N_words($s, $N);

echo $first3;
 
 
 
 
 
/*
run:
 
php java python
 
*/

 

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