Changeset 77 for branches/1.1dev/lib/Utilities.inc.php

Timestamp:

Mar 30, 2006 10:40:42 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

scdev

Message:

Q: added truncate() function. added padding-top to forms in the admin

File:

• branches/1.1dev/lib/Utilities.inc.php (modified) (1 diff)

branches/1.1dev/lib/Utilities.inc.php

@@ -143 +143 @@
 }
 
+/**
+ * Turns "a really long string" into "a rea...string"
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ * @param   string  $str    Input string
+ * @param   int     $len    Maximum string length.
+ * @param   string  $where  Where to cut the string. One of: 'start', 'middle', or 'end'.
+ * @return  string          Truncated output string
+ * @author  Quinn Comendant <quinn@strangecode.com>
+ * @since   29 Mar 2006 13:48:49
+ */
+function truncate($str, $len, $where='middle')
+{
+    $part1 = floor(($len - 3) / 2);
+    $part2 = ceil(($len - 3) / 2);
+    switch ($where) {
+    case 'start' :
+        return preg_replace(array(sprintf('/^.{4,}(.{%s})$/', $part1 + $part2), '/\s*\.{3,}\s*/'), array('...$1', '...'), $str);
+        break;
+    default :
+    case 'middle' :
+        return preg_replace(array(sprintf('/^(.{%s}).{4,}(.{%s})$/', $part1, $part2), '/\s*\.{3,}\s*/'), array('$1...$2', '...'), $str);
+        break;    
+    case 'end' :
+        return preg_replace(array(sprintf('/^(.{%s}).{4,}$/', $part1 + $part2), '/\s*\.{3,}\s*/'), array('$1...', '...'), $str);
+        break;    
+    }
+}
     
 /**