note 31571 added to function.substr

If you want to substring the middle of a string with another: /** * Reduce a string by the middle * * ex: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php http://www.php.net/manu[...]tion.str-replace.php * @param string original string * @param int max size (default 50) * @param string replacement string (default [...]) * @return string the new string */ function PX_strMiddleReduce($string, $max = 50, $rep = '[...]') { $strlen = strlen($string); if ($strlen <= $max) return $string; $lengthtokeep = $max - strlen($rep); $mod = $lengthtokeep % 2; $start = 0; $end = 0; if ($mod == 0) { $start = $lengthtokeep / 2; $end = $start; } else { $start = intval($lengthtokeep / 2); $end = $start + 1; } return substr($string, 0, $start) .$rep. substr($string, -$end); } echo "<pre>"; echo "1---5----10---15---20---25---30---35"; echo "---40---45---50---55---60---65---70---75---80\n"; echo PX_strMiddleReduce( 'http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php', 50, '[...]'); echo "\n"; echo PX_strMiddleReduce( 'http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php', 30, '...'); echo "\n"; echo PX_strMiddleReduce( 'http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php', 30, '[...]'); echo "\n"; echo PX_strMiddleReduce( 'http://www3.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php', 30, '[...]'); echo "\n"; echo "</pre>"; -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+31571 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+31571 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+31571