note 56836 added to function.substr

Truncates a string at a certain position without »cutting« words into senseless pieces. I hope this is usefull for some of you and that it is not another redundant note (I didn't find one) ... <?php $string = "Truncates a string at a certain position without &raquo;cutting&laquo; words into senseless pieces."; $maxlength = 75; $extension = " ..."; function truncate_string ($string, $maxlength, $extension) { // Set the replacement for the "string break" in the wordwrap function $cutmarker = "**cut_here**"; // Checking if the given string is longer than $maxlength if (strlen($string) > $maxlength) { // Using wordwrap() to set the cutmarker // NOTE: wordwrap (PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5) $string = wordwrap($string, $maxlength, $cutmarker); // Exploding the string at the cutmarker, set by wordwrap() $string = explode($cutmarker, $string); // Adding $extension to the first value of the array $string, returned by explode() $string = $string[0] . $extension; } // returning $string return $string; } // This Will output: // "Truncates a string at a certain position without »cutting« ..." echo truncate_string ($string, $maxlength, $extension); ?> Best Bob ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56836 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56836&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56836&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php