note 119852 added to function.substr

<?php /** * Returns and extracts the portion of string specified by the * start and length parameters from the original string. * * This function is simulair to function substr() except that it * removes the substring from the orignal string * (passed by reference). * * @param string $string The input string. * @param integer $start The start position (see substr() for * explanation). * @param integer $length The length (see substr() * for explanation). * @return mixed The substring or FALSE (see substr() * for explanation). **/ function substrex(&$string, $start, $length = PHP_INT_MAX) { if($start > strlen($string)) { return false; } if(empty($length)) { return ''; } if($start < 0) { $start = max(0, $start + strlen($string)); } $end = ($length < 0) ? strlen($string) + $length : min(strlen($string), $start + $length); if($end < $start) { return false; } $length = $end - $start; $substr = substr($string, $start, $length); $string = substr($string, 0, $start).substr($string, $end); return $substr; } ?> ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.135 Probable Submitter: 141.105.0.254 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119852 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119852 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119852 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php