note 74763 added to function.strpos

Here's a somewhat more efficient way to truncate a string at the end of a word. This will end the string on the last dot or last space, whichever is closer to the cut off point. In some cases, a full stop may not be followed by a space eg when followed by a HTML tag. <?php $shortstring = substr($originalstring, 0, 400); $lastdot = strrpos($shortstring, "."); $lastspace = strrpos($shortstring, " "); $shortstring = substr($shortstring, 0, ($lastdot > $lastspace? $lastdot : $lastspace)); ?> Obviously, if you only want to split on a space, you can simplify this: <?php $shortstring = substr($originalstring, 0, 400); $shortstring = substr($shortstring, 0, strrpos($shortstring, " ")); ?> ---- Server IP: 194.145.210.3 Probable Submitter: 80.45.44.15 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74763 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74763 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74763 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php