note 22651 added to function.substr

This function will cut strings at the first space before a specified number of characters, and not in the middle of words or tags. I'm pretty new at php, so if this is well...crappy and/or inefficient, sorry :( /* $m is the position from where the function starts working well - backwards */ function chop_string($string,$m) { $string .= " "; while($m>0) { if($string{$m} == " ") { break; } else { $m--; } } $cut_string = substr($string, 0, $m); $occur_num = substr_count($cut_string,"<"); if($occur_num > 0) { $b = 0; while(($occur_num > $b) && ($m>0)) { if(ereg("(<(.*)>)",$cut_string)) { $b++; } else { $m--; $cut_string = substr($cut_string, 0, $m); $occur_num = substr_count($cut_string,"<"); } } } return substr($cut_string, 0, $m); } $string = "This a string containing at least 25 characters"; echo chop_string($string,"25"); Chris -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+22651 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+22651 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+22651