#43494 [NEW]: [PATCH] str_truncate - truncate string without break it

From: felipe@php.net Operating system: PHP version: 5.3CVS-2007-12-04 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: [PATCH] str_truncate - truncate string without break it Description: ------------ As posted in Internals, but not answered... I guess interesting have in PHP one function for truncate string *without break it*, more specifically alphanumeric chars. PS: wordwrap() works different, see the phpt Patch: http://ecl.zoone.com.br/etc/patches/str_truncate.patch phpt: http://ecl.zoone.com.br/etc/patches/str_truncate.phpt --TEST-- str_truncate --FILE-- <?php $str = "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text."; var_dump(str_truncate($str, 25, STR_TRUNC_RIGHT)); var_dump(str_truncate($str, 25, STR_TRUNC_LEFT)); var_dump(str_truncate("foo", 1)); var_dump(str_truncate("foo", 1, 1)); ?> --EXPECT-- string(27) "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy" string(22) "Lorem Ipsum is simply " string(0) "" string(3) "foo" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43494&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43494&r=mysqlcfg