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at February 6, 2010 18:19 by tcmacdonald
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/**
* Truncate a string to a certain length if necessary,
* optionally splitting in the middle of a word, and
* appending the $etc string or inserting $etc into the middle.
* @param string
* @param integer
* @param string
* @param boolean
* @param boolean
* @return string
*/
function truncate($string, $length = 80, $etc = '...',$break_words = false, $middle = false) {
if ($length == 0)
return '';
if (strlen($string) > $length) {
$length -= min($length, strlen($etc));
if (!$break_words && !$middle) {
$string = preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($string, 0, $length+1));
}
if(!$middle) {
return substr($string, 0, $length) . $etc;
} else {
return substr($string, 0, $length/2) . $etc . substr($string, -$length/2);
}
} else {
return $string;
}
}
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php
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PHP