Thought i should share this as it may be helpful…
I added a description to the listings block with a restricted character count using the PHP snippet below:-
add_filter(
'hivepress/v1/templates/listing_view_block/blocks',
function( $blocks, $template ) {
$listing = $template->get_context('listing');
if ( $listing ) {
$original_description = $listing->get_description();
$character_limit = 150; // Set your character limit here
$display_description = ''; // Initialize an empty string for the description to be displayed
if ( ! empty( $original_description ) ) { // Check if the original description is not empty
// Check if mbstring extension is available, if not, use strlen and substr
if ( function_exists( 'mb_strlen' ) && function_exists( 'mb_substr' ) ) {
if ( mb_strlen( $original_description ) > $character_limit ) {
$display_description = mb_substr( $original_description, 0, $character_limit ) . '...';
} else {
$display_description = $original_description;
}
} else {
// Fallback for when mbstring is not enabled
if ( strlen( $original_description ) > $character_limit ) {
$display_description = substr( $original_description, 0, $character_limit ) . '...';
} else {
$display_description = $original_description;
}
}
}
// Only add the block if there's content to display
if ( ! empty( $display_description ) ) {
$blocks = hivepress()->helper->merge_trees(
[ 'blocks' => $blocks ],
[
'blocks' => [
'listing_details_primary' => [
'blocks' => [
'custom_listing_block_description' => [
'type' => 'content',
'content' => '<p>' . esc_html( $display_description ) . '</p>',
'_order' => 6,
],
],
],
],
]
)['blocks'];
}
}
return $blocks;
},
1000,
2
);
