PHP >>> Truncate a string to the word closest to...

<?php

// Truncate a string to the word closest to a certain number of characters
preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($string, 0, $characters_number));

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//Compare Dates (only date, not time) :

// actual day
$d_now = new \DateTime('NOW');
$d_otherDate = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2013-07-14');

// do whatever with date, here add 3 months
$d_otherDate->add(new \DateInterval('3PM'));

// compares the date, here get the number of days between the 2 dates
$s_diff = $d_otherDate->diff($d_now)->format("%a");

if ($s_diff == '5') {
  // Do Stuff...
}

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