/**
* Get the excerpt through the_content filter
* Accepted values for length_unit: 'char', 'word'
* @param array $args
* @return string
*/
public function getTheExcerpt($args = array())
{
$default_args = array('length' => 150, 'length_unit' => 'char', 'strip_shortcodes' => true, 'hellip' => '…');
$args = Arr::iterable($args) ? array_merge($default_args, $args) : $default_args;
extract($args);
$excerpt = $this->get('post_excerpt');
if (!strlen($excerpt)) {
$excerpt = strip_tags($this->get('post_content'));
if ($length_unit == 'char') {
$excerpt = Str::shortenWordsByChar($excerpt, $length, $hellip);
} elseif ($length_unit == 'word') {
$excerpt = Str::shortenWords($excerpt, $length, $hellip);
}
}
$excerpt = apply_filters('the_excerpt', $excerpt);
return $strip_shortcodes ? strip_shortcodes($excerpt) : $excerpt;
}
