* Name:     truncate
* Purpose:  Truncate a string to a certain length if necessary,
*            optionally splitting in the middle of a word, and
*            appending the $etc string or inserting $etc into the middle.
* 
* @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.truncate.php truncate (Smarty online manual)
* @author Monte Ohrt  
* @param string $string input string 
* @param integer $length lenght of truncated text
* @param string $etc end string 
* @param boolean $break_words truncate at word boundary
* @param boolean $middle truncate in the middle of text
* @return string truncated string
*/
    function smarty_modifier_truncate($string, $length = 80, $etc = '...',
                                  $break_words = false, $middle = false)     
    {
       if ($length == 0)
            return '';
        if (mb_strlen($string) > $length) {
            $length -= min($length, mb_strlen($etc));
            if (!$break_words && !$middle) {
                $string = mb_ereg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', mb_substr($string, 0, $length + 1),'p');
            } 
            if (!$middle) {
                return mb_substr($string, 0, $length) . $etc;
            } else {
                return mb_substr($string, 0, $length / 2) . $etc . mb_substr($string, - $length / 2);
            } 
        } else {
            return $string;
        } 
    } 
?>