Code sharing for php to intercept a string of specified length

<?php
/**
* 截取指定长度的字符串
* func: cutstr $string字符串，$length长度,$dot超出部分
* edit: bbs.it-home.org
*/
function cutstr($string,$length, $dot = ' ...') {
  if (strlen($string) <= $length) {
      return$string;
  }
  $pre = chr(1);
  $end = chr(1);
  $string = str_replace(array('&','"', '<', '>'),array($pre . '&'. $end, $pre . '"' . $end, $pre . '<' .$end, $pre . '>' . $end),
 $string);

  $strcut = '';
  if (strtolower(CHARSET) == 'utf-8'){
      $n = $tn =$noc = 0;
      while ($n< strlen($string)) {

         $t =ord($string[$n]);
         if ($t == 9 || $t == 10 || (32<= $t && $t <= 126)) {
            $tn = 1;
            $n++;
            $noc++;
         } elseif (194 <= $t&& $t <= 223) {
            $tn = 2;
            $n += 2;
            $noc += 2;
         } elseif (224 <= $t&& $t <= 239) {
            $tn = 3;
            $n += 3;
            $noc += 2;
         } elseif (240 <= $t&& $t <= 247) {
            $tn = 4;
            $n += 4;
            $noc += 2;
         } elseif (248 <= $t&& $t <= 251) {
            $tn = 5;
            $n += 5;
            $noc += 2;
         } elseif ($t == 252 || $t ==253) {
            $tn = 6;
            $n += 6;
            $noc += 2;
         } else {
            $n++;
         }

         if ($noc >= $length){
            break;
         }
     }
      if ($noc> $length) {
         $n -= $tn;
     }
      $strcut =substr($string, 0, $n);
  } else {
      for ($i =0; $i < $length; $i++) {
         $strcut .= ord($string[$i])> 127 ? $string[$i] . $string[++$i] : $string[$i];
     }
  }
  $strcut = str_replace(array($pre . '&' .$end, $pre . '"' . $end, $pre . '<' . $end, $pre . '>' .$end), array('&', '"','<', '>'),
 $strcut);

  $pos = strrpos($strcut, chr(1));
  if ($pos !== false) {
      $strcut =substr($strcut, 0, $pos);
  }
  return $strcut . $dot;
}
?>