chunk_split
Split the string into smaller chunks
Split the string once after each character and add "." after each segment:
<span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Shanghai"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">chunk_split</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"."</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>
Split the string once after every six characters and add "..." after each segment:
<span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello world!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">chunk_split</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">6</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"..."</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>