Tai - Think About It

/** * Cut a text so it won't have more than $max_length chars and any word should not have more than $max_word chars * * @param unknown_type $length_limit * @param unknown_type $length_word */function format_long_text($str, $max_length=99999, $max_word = 60){ //limit string length $has_tail = false; if(strlen($str) > $max_length){  $new_str = substr($str, 0, $max_length);  //search for non-alpha char  for($i = $max_length; $i < strlen($str) && ctype_alpha($str[$i]); $i++) $new_str .= $str[$i];  $str = $new_str;  $has_tail = true; }

 if(3 < $max_word && $max_word < $max_length){  do{   $words = explode(' ', $str);   $do_loop = false;   foreach ($words as $word){

    if(strlen($word) > $max_word){     //bug in IE: point followed by char does not split the text     $fixed_word = str_replace('.', '. ', $word);

     $new_word = '';     $j = 0;     for($i = 0; $i < strlen($fixed_word); $i++){      $j = (' ' == $fixed_word[$i]?0:$j+1);

      if(($j+1)%$max_word==0){       $new_word .= ' ' . $fixed_word[$i];      }else{       $new_word .= $fixed_word[$i];      }     }     $str = str_replace($word, $new_word, $str);     $do_loop = true;     break;    }   }  }while($do_loop); }

 return $str . ($has_tail?'..':'');}