Shortening long links in PHP

Question

PHP

Good day!

How to shorten long links in PHP?
What for? So that they do not climb out of the block, which is smaller than the link itself.

For example, if there is a link:
www.google.com.ua/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=uk&site=&source=hp&q=%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0 %B0-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2 ,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=d5d4317270f6af0c&biw=1920&bih =944&pf=p&pdl=500

How to make it look like:

<a href="полная ссылка">http://www.google.com.ua/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=uk&site=&source=hp...</a>

?

Answer 1

php.net/substr

Answer 2

It's probably more logical to use css
text-overflow: ellipsis

Answer 3

if (strlen($value) > $maxlen) {
	$chars = floor($maxlen / 2);
	return substr($value, 0, $chars) . '...' . substr($value, -1 * $chars);
}