Reduce a string by the middle

Reduce a string by the middle, keeps whole words together
/** * Reduce a string by the middle, keeps whole words together * * @param string $string * @param int $max (default 50) * @param string $replacement (default [...]) * @return string * @author david at ethinkn dot com * @author loic at xhtml dot ne * @author arne dot hartherz at gmx dot net */ function strMiddleReduceWordSensitive($string, $max = 50, $rep = '[...]') { $strlen = strlen($string); if ($strlen <= $max) return $string; $lengthtokeep = $max - strlen($rep); $start = 0; $end = 0; if (($lengthtokeep % 2) == 0) { $start = $lengthtokeep / 2; $end = $start; } else { $start = intval($lengthtokeep / 2); $end = $start + 1; } $i = $start; $tmp_string = $string; while ($i < $strlen) { if (isset($tmp_string[$i]) and $tmp_string[$i] == ' ') { $tmp_string = substr($tmp_string, 0, $i) . $rep; $return = $tmp_string; } $i++; } $i = $end; $tmp_string = strrev ($string); while ($i < $strlen) { if (isset($tmp_string[$i]) and $tmp_string[$i] == ' ') { $tmp_string = substr($tmp_string, 0, $i); $return .= strrev ($tmp_string); } $i++; } return $return; return substr($string, 0, $start) . $rep . substr($string, - $end); }

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