- substr: documentation ( source)
- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- mb_substr: documentation ( source)
- htmlspecialchars_decode: documentation ( source)
- htmlspecialchars: documentation ( source)
<?php
$input = 'Premium serviço Personal - 1 mês';
$trunc = substr($input, 0, 32);
var_dump($input);
var_dump($trunc);
var_dump( mb_substr($input, 0, 32) );
var_dump( htmlspecialchars_decode(htmlspecialchars($trunc, ENT_NOQUOTES | ENT_IGNORE, 'UTF-8'), ENT_NOQUOTES) );