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+<?php
+/**
+* @version $Id: strspn.php,v 1.1 2006/02/25 13:50:17 harryf Exp $
+* @package utf8
+* @subpackage strings
+*/
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+* UTF-8 aware alternative to strspn
+* Find length of initial segment matching mask
+* Note: requires utf8_strlen and utf8_substr (if start, length are used)
+* @param string
+* @return int
+* @see http://www.php.net/strspn
+* @package utf8
+* @subpackage strings
+*/
+function utf8_strspn($str, $mask, $start = NULL, $length = NULL) {
+
+ $mask = preg_replace('!([\\\\\\-\\]\\[/^])!','\\\${1}',$mask);
+
+ if ( $start !== NULL || $length !== NULL ) {
+ $str = utf8_substr($str, $start, $length);
+ }
+
+ preg_match('/^['.$mask.']+/u',$str, $matches);
+
+ if ( isset($matches[0]) ) {
+ return utf8_strlen($matches[0]);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+}
+