If statement based on length of Channel Field

Question

Is it possible to create an {if} statement based on the character length of a channel field? Something along the lines of this:

Lets say I have the channel field - {title} and I want to add a class to the parent <div> if the character length of the title is larger than 10. Something along these lines...

{if "{title_length}" >= "10"}
    <div class="wide">{title}</div>
{if:else}
    <div>{title}</div>
{/if}

How would I go about doing this with EE?

I hope this is clear. Thanks in advance.

Ryan

Answer 1

You can do this with PHPStringFun like so:

{if {exp:phpstringfun function="strlen"}{title}{/exp:phpstringfun} >= "10"}
    <div class="wide">{title}</div>
{if:else}
    <div>{title}</div>
{/if}

If you aren't getting the results you expect check what value is being returned by the plugin by just outputting it in your template like {exp:phpstringfun function="strlen"}{title}{/exp:phpstringfun}

CE String is an excellent plugin as well which you could use instead of PHPStringFun. Worth taking a look at. With CE String you'd do:

{if {exp:ce_str:ing strlen}{title}{/exp:ce_str:ing} >= "10"}
    {title}
{if:else}
    {title}
{/if}

Answer 2

There are several plugins with which you can determine a string length. Here is one: https://devot-ee.com/add-ons/stringlength