# mb_strimwidth

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_strimwidth — Get truncated string with specified width

### Description

string mb_strimwidth ( string `$str` , int `$start` , int `$width` [, string `$trimmarker` [, string `$encoding` ]] )

mb_strimwidth() truncates string `str` to specified `width` . It returns truncated string.

If `trimmarker` is set, `trimmarker` is appended to return value.

`start` is start position offset. Number of characters from the beginning of string. (First character is 0)

`trimmarker` is string that is added to the end of string when string is truncated.

`encoding` is character encoding. If it is omitted, internal encoding is used.

Example#1 mb_strimwidth() example

`<?php
$str = mb_strimwidth($str, 0, 40, "..>");
?>`

See also mb_strwidth() and mb_internal_encoding().