Shorten string with a “…” body

Just like the the iPhone’s app names that run to long, the name gets shortened. I really like this method of shorting a name or a string rather then appending a “…” clause to it. Sorry if I am being confusing, I’m having trouble explaining what I am trying to do. So I’ll show an example!

This is what I have, to append “…” to a shortened string (In PHP)

<?php
  $string = "This is a test script";

  if (strlen($string) >= 14)
    echo(substr($string), 0, 13). "..."); // This is a test...
  else
    echo($string); // This is a test script
?>

I would like to split up the name or string and keep the first say 10 characters, then insert “…” in the middle and lastly take the ending 5 letters of the string and display them. I was thinking of something along the lines of:

<?php
  $string = "This is a test script";

  if (strlen($string) >= 20)
    echo(substr($string, 0, 10). "..." .substr($string, 15, 20)); //This is a ...script
  else
    echo($string);
?>

But realize that will not work in the regards that there are more then just 5 letters in the end. Any pointers into the write direction would be great, Thanks!

Answer

if (strlen($string) >= 20) {
    echo substr($string, 0, 10). " ... " . substr($string, -5);
}
else {
    echo $string;
}

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