str_limit remove the "..."

When using str_limit to limit text, is there a way to remove the addition of three periods? ...

I'm sizing/styling the first character in a paragraph and thought it would be easy to use str_limit, however it keeps adding ...

The documentation for the helper also states that " ... " will be included.

Level 10

Here is the code I'm using.

{!! str_limit($brochure->content, 1) !!} or {{ str_limit($brochure->content, 1) }}

Level 67

The documentation also says you can customize that in the 3rd parameter. Just set it to empty strings ('')

You may also pass a third argument to change the string that will be appended to the end:

{!! str_limit($brochure->content, 1, '') !!}

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Level 35

@Rustproof if you want to use this for styling only you could also use the ::first-letter css selector. See the simple example I've made: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/ZovddG

Level 10

Awesome! Thank you both for the help!

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