截取UTF-8编码下字符串的函数

/**
* 截取UTF-8编码下字符串的函数
*
* @param string $str 被截取的字符串 * @param int$length 截取的长度
* @param bool $append 是否附加省略号 * * @return string */ function sub_str($str, $length = 0,$append = true)
{
$str = trim($str);
$strlength = strlen($str);

if ($length == 0 || $length >= $strlength)
{
    return $str;
}
elseif ($length < 0)
{
    $length = $strlength + $length;
    if ($length < 0)
    {
        $length = $strlength;
    }
}

if (function_exists('mb_substr'))
{
    $newstr = mb_substr($str, 0, $length, 'utf-8');
}
elseif (function_exists('iconv_substr'))
{
    $newstr = iconv_substr($str, 0, $length, utf-8);
}
else
{
    //$newstr = trim_right(substr($str, 0, $length));
    $newstr = substr($str, 0, $length);
}

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

return $newstr;

}