<?php
$link = 'http://www.website.com/andsoooooooooooom_biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig_characters_heeeeeeeeere';
$shortenedLink = (strlen($link) > 70) ? substr($link, 0, 70) . '...' : $link;
echo "this is my best <a href='$link'>$shortenedLink</a> and some text here";
this is my best <a href='http://www.website.com/andsoooooooooooom_biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig_characters_heeeeeeeeere'>http://www.website.com/andsoooooooooooom_biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig_characters...</a> and some text here
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
this is my best <a href='http://www.website.com/andsoooooooooooom_biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig_characters_heeeeeeeeere'>http://www.website.com/andsoooooooooooom_biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig_characters...</a> and some text here