The substr function causes errors with Cyrillic characters

[sertlan]

Hi federica.

The substr function causes errors with Cyrillic characters.
Example: Вашему вниманию предлагается полное собрание сочинен�

It's better to use the mb_substr function.

Please replace in the file "components/com_abook/layouts/category/item.php"
this code:

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<?php echo substr(strip_tags($item->description), 0, 100);?>with this code:

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<?php echo mb_substr(strip_tags($item->description), 0, 100, 'UTF-8') . '...';?>

[federica]

I found this Joomla core function. Try this code.

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<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('string.truncate', strip_tags($item->description), 100,true, false ); ?>
Let me know it is ok.

[sertlan]

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<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('string.truncate', strip_tags($item->description), 100,true, false ); ?>

This code works without errors.

[federica]

I will publish a new beta version as soon as possible.