substr() and complet words

no chopping etc

[ukgimp]

Here is the situation

$rest = substr("abcdef ghij klmn", 0, 4); // returns "abcd"

$rest = substr("abcdef ghij klmn", 0, 9); // returns "abcdef gh"

but how can you get it to look for the complete word or white space
so it returns

abcdef ghij

Can that be done without a monster bit of code

Cheers

[Philosopher]

Could you use strtok() or explode() instead and use a space as the delimiter? That would give you your complete words, then it's just a matter of grabbing the words you are wanting.

[coopster]

Have a look at Birdman's message in the thread regarding How to avoid words being chopped with SUBSTR [webmasterworld.com].

[ukgimp]

stunning, thanks :)