Modifier truncates a variable to a character length.
{$long_string|truncate:$length:$etc:$by_words:$middle}$length, required. Parameter determines how many characters to truncate to.$etc, by default.... This is a text string that replaces the truncated text.$by_word, by default FALSE. This determines whether or not to truncate at a word boundary with TRUE, or at the exact character with FALSE.$middle, by default FALSE. This determines whether the truncation happens at the end of the string with FALSE, or in the middle of the string with TRUE.
{var $str = "very very long string"}
{$str|truncate:10:" read more..."} output: very very read more...
{$str|truncate:5:" ... ":true:true} output: very ... stringModifier do not use mbstring when works with UTF8.