function sub_str($str, $length = 0, $append = true)
{
    $str = trim($str);
    $strlength = strlen($str);

    if ($length == 0 || $length >= $strlength)
    {
        return $str;  //截取長度等於0或大於等於本字符串的長度，返回字符串本身
    }
    elseif ($length < 0)  //如果截取長度為負數
    {
        $length = $strlength
 
 + $length;//那麽截取長度就等於字符串長度減去截取長度
        if ($length < 0)
        {
            $length = $strlength;//如果截取長度的絕對值大於字符串本身長度，則截取長度取字符串本身的長度
        }
    }

    if (function_exists(‘mb_substr‘))
    {
        $newstr = mb_substr($str, 0, $length, EC_CHARSET);
    }
    elseif (function_exists
 
(‘iconv_substr‘))
    {
        $newstr = iconv_substr($str, 0, $length, EC_CHARSET);
    }
    else
    {
        //$newstr = trim_right(substr($str, 0, $length));
        $newstr = substr($str, 0, $length);
    }

    if ($append && $str != $newstr)
    {
        $newstr .= ‘...‘;
    }

    
 
return $newstr;
}

php utf8編碼字符串的截取