note 56223 added to function.substr-replace

I suggest changing the function suggested by Guru Evi slightly. I found that it doesn't work as written here. Original: function add_3dots($string,$repl,$start,$limit) { if(strlen($string) > $limit) { return substr_replace(strip_tags($string),$repl,$start,$limit); } else { return $string; }; }; I suggest: function add_3dots($string,$repl,$limit) { if(strlen($string) > $limit) { return substr_replace(strip_tags($string),$repl,$limit-strlen($repl)); } else { return $string; } } Usage: $max_length=10;//the max number of characters you want to display $too_long_string="BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH etc.";//the string you want to shorten (if it's longer than the $limit) $shorter_string=add_3_dots($too_long_string,"...",$max_length); ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56223 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56223&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56223&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56223&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56223&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56223&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56223&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56223&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php