note 44239 added to function.substr

Easy to use string colapse function, choose to colapse the end,begin or center. <? function str_colapse($string,$length=150,$side="center",$filler="[....]"){ // $length= maximum length of string. // side= side to cut chars off, center places .. in the center. // filler is the strning used to indicate chopped of chars. $strlength=strlen($string); if($strlength>$length){ if($side=="right" or $side=="end"){ $tmpstring=substr($string,0,($length-strlen($filler))).$filler; } elseif($side=="left" or $side=="begin"){ $tmpstring=$filler. substr($string, ($strlength-($length-strlen($filler))), ($length-strlen($filler))); } elseif($side=="center" or $side=="middle"){ $firstlength=ceil(($length/100)*20); $tmpstring=substr($string,0,$firstlength).$filler. substr($string, ($strlength-($length-($firstlength+strlen($filler)))), ($length-($firstlength+strlen($filler)))); } return $tmpstring; } else { return $string; } } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+44239 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+44239&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+44239&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php