function msubstr($str, $start=0, $length, $charset="utf-8", $suffix=true) {
if(function_exists("mb_substr")){
$slice = mb_substr($str, $start, $length, $charset);
$strlen = mb_strlen($str,$charset);
}elseif(function_exists('iconv_substr')) {
$slice = iconv_substr($str,$start,$length,$charset);
$strlen = iconv_strlen($str,$charset);
if(false === $slice) {
$slice = '';
}
}else{
$re['utf-8'] = "/[x01-x7f]|[xc2-xdf][x80-xbf]|[xe0-xef][x80-xbf]{2}|[xf0-xff][x80-xbf]{3}/";
$re['gb2312'] = "/[x01-x7f]|[xb0-xf7][xa0-xfe]/";
$re['gbk'] = "/[x01-x7f]|[x81-xfe][x40-xfe]/";
$re['big5'] = "/[x01-x7f]|[x81-xfe]([x40-x7e]|xa1-xfe])/";
preg_match_all($re[$charset], $str, $match);
$slice = join("",array_slice($match[0], $start, $length));
$strlen = strlen($str);
}
if ($strlen > $length && $suffix){
return $slice.'...';
}else{
return $slice;
}
// return $suffix ? $slice.'...' : $slice;
}