.ellipsis {

    overflow: hidden;

    white-space: nowrap;

    text-overflow: ellipsis;

}

$truncatedTitle = strlen($title) >  ? substr($title,,)."..." : $title;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider

{

    public function boot()

    {

        Blade::directive('truncate', function($expression){

            list($string, $length) = explode(',',str_replace(['(',')',' '], '', $expression));

            return "<?php echo e(strlen({$string}) > {$length} ? substr({$string},0,{$length}).'...' : {$string}); ?>";

        });

    }

}