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<?php $output = "hello Mary."; $suffix = "added text to crop on condition"; $output .=$suffix; //append suffix to output $condition = true; // change to false to simulate case where no cropping is needed if($condition){ $suffix_len = strlen($suffix); //length of the suffix $output_len = strlen($output); //length of the whole output (including suffix) //if suffix is found at the end of the output if(substr($output,$output_len-$suffix_len) == $suffix){ $output = substr($output,0,$output_len-$suffix_len); //crop } } echo $output;