note 76295 deleted from function.implode by hholzgra

Note Submitter: thomas at tgohome dot com ---- This is my quick function to create a list, English style, but will accept any glue, so you could use 'or', or even 'or though, it could be', etcetera. It should also support PHP 4, although I haven't tested it; it doesn't use the PHP 5 negative substr() trick. <?php /** * Quick script to join items in an array, English * style; using the "one, two and three" style. * * Copyright 2007 Thomas O. Feel free to redistribute * so long as this copyright remains. */ function implode_ea($glue_punct, $glue_word, $array) { // Implode the entire array $result = implode($glue_punct, $array); // Check the length of the array if(count($array) > 1) { // Calculate the amount needed to trim $trimamount = strlen($array[count($array) - 1]) + strlen($glue_punct); // Trim the imploded string $result = substr($result, 0, strlen($result) - $trimamount); // PHP 4 compatible $result = "$result $glue_word " . $array[count($array) - 1]; // Return the result return $result; } else { // In this case, the array cannot be splitted by a // word or punctuation, because it is too small. return $result; } } echo implode_ea(", ", "and", array("one", "two", "three")); ?> (implode_ea stands for 'Implode, English And style') Hope this helps, Tom