Interface design: shorten too long URLs in the displayed bookmarks

git-svn-id: https://semanticscuttle.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/semanticscuttle/trunk@115 b3834d28-1941-0410-a4f8-b48e95affb8f

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/functions.inc.php b/functions.inc.php
index 63b789a..35f0fed 100644
--- a/functions.inc.php
+++ b/functions.inc.php
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ function createURL($page = '', $ending = '') {
     return $root . $page .'/'. $ending;
 }
 
+/* Shorten a string like a URL for example by cutting the middle of it */
+function shortenString($string, $maxSize=75) {
+    $output = '';
+    if(strlen($string) > $maxSize) {
+	$output = substr($string, 0, $maxSize/2).'...'.substr($string, -$maxSize/2);
+    } else {
+	$output = $string;
+    }
+    return $output;
+}
+
 function message_die($msg_code, $msg_text = '', $msg_title = '', $err_line = '', $err_file = '', $sql = '', $db = NULL) {
     if(defined('HAS_DIED'))
         die(T_('message_die() was called multiple times.'));