Bug #17057: substr with pretty output

From: frank@vista.com Operating system: Linux (Redhat 7.2) PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: substr with pretty output Often times you want to display the name of something in a list (say, items in a store) but have limited space. You can simply truncate strings that are longer than x characters and add an ellipsis, but occasionally you end up with: "The quick brown fox ..." or "The quick brown f...". When "The quick brown fox..." or "The quick brown..." (respectively) would be nicer. In PHP Code: function pretty_substr($string, $length, $slop = 4) { if (strlen($string) > $length) { $string = substr($string, 0, $length - 1); $lastSpace = strrpos($string, ' '); if ($lastSpace > $length - $slop) { $string = substr($string, 0, $lastSpace); } $string .= '…'; } return $string; } I think this would make a good addition to the string function library. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17057&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17057&r=globals