?How can I truncate the itemDescription?

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

Hello.
What can I edit into html2rss.php in order to limit characters into program description string?

Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 653

danicasati wrote:

Hello.
What can I edit into html2rss.php in order to limit characters into program description string?

Yes you can. This post is one of many talking about how to do that, http://www.feedforall.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1033

Jim

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

But this topic talks about truncate the TITLE of the feed.
Please, send us detailed instructions about truncate the DESCRIPTION item!

Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 653

danicasati wrote:

But this topic talks about truncate the TITLE of the feed.
Please, send us detailed instructions about truncate the DESCRIPTION item!

Just change the references to the right variables.

Jim

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

I'm sorry, but could you post a more detailed instructions for newbies?

For exemple, in which line I must add the function limit_text( $text, $limit ) ?

Which lines I must replace with:

Code:

$item = str_replace("~~~ItemDescription~~~", limit_text($rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x], 45), $block1);

I have found 4 or 5 lines with

Code:

$item = str_replace("~~~ItemDescription~~~", $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x], $item);

and I don't know which lines I have to change.

Thank you in advance.

Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 653

danicasati wrote:

I'm sorry, but could you post a more detailed instructions for newbies?

For exemple, in which line I must add the function limit_text( $text, $limit ) ?

Which lines I must replace with:

Code:

$item = str_replace("~~~ItemDescription~~~", limit_text($rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x], 45), $block1);

I have found 4 or 5 lines with

Code:

$item = str_replace("~~~ItemDescription~~~", $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x], $item);

and I don't know which lines I have to change.

Thank you in advance.

That is exactly right.

Jim

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

But I've replaced all this strings and the script doesn't work.

I've found other similar lines, lihe these:

Code:

? ? ? ? ? $swapTemp = $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x]; limit_text($rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x], 5) = $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$y]; $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$y] = $swapTemp;

Code:

? $template = str_replace("~~~FeedDescription~~~", $rss_parser->FeedDescription, $template);

but you haven't explain what we do with these.
Could you post a complete solution, like an osCommerce contribution in order to help all the community?

Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 653

danicasati wrote:

But I've replaced all this strings and the script doesn't work.

I've found other similar lines, lihe these:

Code:

? ? ? ? ? $swapTemp = $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x]; limit_text($rss_parser->ItemDescription[$x], 5) = $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$y]; $rss_parser->ItemDescription[$y] = $swapTemp;

Code:

? $template = str_replace("~~~FeedDescription~~~", $rss_parser->FeedDescription, $template);

but you haven't explain what we do with these.
Could you post a complete solution, like an osCommerce contribution in order to help all the community?

These don't get replaced, just the ones in your previous post.

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

Ok.
I've modified the file.
It works.
Thank you.