Ticket #16079: 16079.diff

wp-includes/formatting.php

@@ -2039 +2039 @@
 /**
  * Trims text to a certain number of words.
  *
+ * This function is localized. For languages that count 'words' by the individual
+ * character (such as East Asian languages), the $num_words argument will apply
+ * to the number of individual characters.
+ *
  * @since 3.3.0
  *
  * @param string $text Text to trim.
@@ -2051 +2055 @@
                 $more = __( '…' );
         $original_text = $text;
         $text = wp_strip_all_tags( $text );
-        $words_array = preg_split( "/[\n\r\t ]+/", $text, $num_words + 1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY );
+        /* translators: If your word count is based on single characters (East Asian characters), 
+           enter 'characters'. Otherwise, enter 'words'. Do not translate into your own language. */ 
+        if ( 'characters' == _x( 'words', 'word count: words or characters?' ) ) {
+                preg_match_all( '/(\S)/', $text, $words_array );
+                $words_array = array_slice( $words_array[1], 0, $num_words + 1 );
+        } else {
+                $words_array = preg_split( "/[\n\r\t ]+/", $text, $num_words + 1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY );
+        }
         if ( count( $words_array ) > $num_words ) {
                 array_pop( $words_array );
                 $text = implode( ' ', $words_array );