thesis_id => cover file_path */ foreach ($theses as $t): $synopsis = $t['synopsis'] ?? ''; // Truncate synopsis to ~160 chars if (strlen($synopsis) > 160) { $synopsis = substr($synopsis, 0, 157) . '…'; } $meta = array_filter([ $t['year'] ?? null, $t['orientation'] ?? null, $t['finality_type'] ?? null, ]); ?>