Get_excerpt_stripped :: Record model method for Fuelcms modules to look for record excerpt, strip tags and set character. If no excerpt is found record content is used instead. #fuel

get_excerpt_stripped.php

<?php

function get_excerpt_stripped($char_limit = NULL)
{
  $this->_CI->load->helper('text');
	$excerpt = (empty($this->excerpt)) ? $this->content : $this->excerpt;
	// must strip tags to get accruate character count
	$excerpt = strip_tags($excerpt);
	if (!empty($char_limit))
	{
		$excerpt = character_limiter($excerpt, $char_limit);
	}
	return $excerpt;
}