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<?php function cut_off_string_maybe($string, $limit) { if (mb_strlen($string) <= $limit) return htmlspecialchars($string); else return trim(htmlspecialchars(mb_substr($string, 0, $limit, 'UTF-8'))) . '...'; } echo cut_off_string_maybe("This is a test",4); echo cut_off_string_maybe("Whats your problem",4); echo cut_off_string_maybe("OK this is it",5);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
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