* Name: truncate
* Purpose: Truncate a string to a certain length if necessary, * optionally splitting in the middle of a word, and * appending the $etc string or inserting $etc into the middle. * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.truncate.php * truncate (Smarty online manual) * @author Monte Ohrt * @param string * @param integer * @param string * @param boolean * @param boolean * @return string */ function smarty_modifier_truncate($string, $length = 80, $etc = '...', $break_words = false, $middle = false) { if ($length == 0) return ''; if (strlen($string) > $length) { $length -= strlen($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; } } /* vim: set expandtab: */ ?>