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Revision: 10197
at December 12, 2008 05:33 by DaveChild
Updated Code 
function trim_text_in_sentences($intLength, $strText) {
    $intLastPeriodPos = strpos(strrev(substr($strText, 0, $intLength)), '.');
    if ($intLastPeriodPos === false) {
        $strReturn = substr($strText, 0, $intLength);
    } else {
        $strReturn = substr($strText, 0, ($intLength - $intLastPeriodPos));
    }
    return $strReturn;
}

Revision: 10196
at December 12, 2008 05:33 by DaveChild
Initial Code 
function trim_text_in_sentences($intLength, $strText) {
    $intLastPeriodPos = strpos(strrev(substr($strText, 0, 200)), '.');
    if ($intLastPeriodPos === false) {
        $strReturn = substr($strText, 0, 200);
    } else {
        $strReturn = substr($strText, 0, (200 - $intLastPeriodPos));
    }
    return $strReturn;
}
Initial URL 
http://www.addedbytes.com/code/
Initial Description 
Pass in text and the maximum allowable length and this snippet will return as many full sentences from the text as it can within that length. If no sentences, it will just trim to the maximum length allowed.
Initial Title 
PHP Get First Characters of String in Complete Sentences
Initial Tags 
php
Initial Language 
PHP