note 81654 added to function.substr

I tried to use the neat script ben contributed, but for Chinese characters. The characters all finish with a ";" and start with a "&". eg.: 们 So I altered the script to: function cutText($string, $length) { while ($string{$length} != ";") { $length--; } return substr($string, 0, $length); } But doesn't work properly (tried ; and &), the function still cuts after the original $length. Any Ideas? ---- Server IP: 217.13.201.10 Probable Submitter: 88.65.76.127 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81654 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81654 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81654 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php