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-rw-r--r--engine/lib/mb_wrapper.php18
-rw-r--r--mod/thewire/start.php7
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/mb_wrapper.php b/engine/lib/mb_wrapper.php
index 7b3327edc..411a2d5c2 100644
--- a/engine/lib/mb_wrapper.php
+++ b/engine/lib/mb_wrapper.php
@@ -42,5 +42,23 @@
return strtoupper($string);
}
+ /**
+ * Wrapper function: Returns the result of mb_substr if mb_support is present, else the
+ * result of substr is returned.
+ *
+ * @param string $string The string.
+ * @param int $start Start position.
+ * @param int $length Length.
+ * @param string $charset The charset (if multibyte support is present) : default 'UTF8'
+ * @return string
+ */
+ function elgg_substr($string, $start = 0, $length = null, $charset = 'UTF8')
+ {
+ if (is_callable('mb_substr'))
+ return mb_substr($string, $start, $length, $charset);
+
+ return substr($string, $start, $length);
+ }
+
// TODO: Other wrapper functions
?> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod/thewire/start.php b/mod/thewire/start.php
index 9b313eed8..91618a48d 100644
--- a/mod/thewire/start.php
+++ b/mod/thewire/start.php
@@ -169,10 +169,11 @@
$thewire->access_id = $access_id;
// Set its description appropriately
- if (is_callable('mb_substr'))
- $thewire->description = mb_substr($post, 0, 160);
+ $thewire->description = elgg_substr(strip_tags($post), 0, 160);
+ /*if (is_callable('mb_substr'))
+ $thewire->description = mb_substr(strip_tags($post), 0, 160);
else
- $thewire->description = substr($post, 0, 160);
+ $thewire->description = substr(strip_tags($post), 0, 160);*/
// add some metadata
$thewire->method = $method; //method, e.g. via site, sms etc