* Name: truncate
* Purpose: Truncate a string to a certain length if necessary, * optionally splitting in the middle of a word, and * appending the $etc string. * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.truncate.php * truncate (Smarty online manual) * @param string * @param integer * @param string * @param boolean * @return string */ function smarty_modifier_truncate($string, $length = 80, $etc = '...', $break_words = false) { if ($length == 0) return ''; if (strlen($string) > $length) { $length -= strlen($etc); if (!$break_words) $string = preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($string, 0, $length+1)); return substr($string, 0, $length).$etc; } else return $string; } /* vim: set expandtab: */ ?>