note 53876 added to function.explode

Here is a modified version of the function below. Rather than limit by number of words, this should limit by number of characters. The function will cut off the sentence to the preceding word taking into consideration the ending "ellipsis". function charLimit($string, $length = 25, $ellipsis = "...") { $words = explode(' ', $string); $curindex = 0; $wcount = 0; foreach($words as $value){ $wcount += strlen($value); if($wcount>$length-strlen($ellipsis)){ break; } $curindex++; } return implode(' ', array_slice($words, 0, $curindex)) . $ellipsis; } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+53876 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53876&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53876&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53876&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53876&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53876&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+53876&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php