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<?php function check_plain($text) { return htmlspecialchars($text, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); } $str = '<strong>foobar</strong>'; print strlen($str) . "\n"; $maxlength = 4; $cutlength = $maxlength; while (0 < $delta = $maxlength - strlen(check_plain(substr($str, 0, $cutlength)))) { $cutlength += $delta; } print substr($str, 0, $cutlength);

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