- mb_substr: documentation ( source)
- strip_tags: documentation ( source)
<?php
$sValue = '50';
echo mb_substr(strip_tags($sValue), 0, 50, 'UTF-8')."\n";
$sValue = 50;
echo mb_substr(strip_tags($sValue), 0, 50, 'UTF-8')."\n";
$sValue = 50.0;
echo mb_substr(strip_tags($sValue), 0, 50, 'UTF-8')."\n";