note 107698 added to function.mb-substr

A proper (logical) alternative for unicode strings; <?php function substr_unicode($str, $s, $l = null) { return join("", array_slice( preg_split("//u", $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY), $s, $l)); } $str = "Büyük"; $s = 0; // start from "0" (nth) char $l = 3; // get "3" chars echo substr($str, $s, $l) ."\n"; // Bü echo mb_substr($str, $s, $l) ."\n"; // Bü echo substr_unicode($str, $s, $l); // Büy ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 194.27.149.90 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-substr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107698 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107698 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107698 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php