RandomCompat_strlen($binary_string)) { return ''; } return (string) mb_substr($binary_string, $start, $length, '8bit'); } } else { /** * substr() implementation that isn't brittle to mbstring.func_overload * * This version just uses the default substr() * * @param string $binary_string * @param int $start * @param int $length (optional) * * @throws TypeError * * @return string */ function RandomCompat_substr($binary_string, $start, $length = null) { if (!is_string($binary_string)) { throw new TypeError( 'RandomCompat_substr(): First argument should be a string' ); } if (!is_int($start)) { throw new TypeError( 'RandomCompat_substr(): Second argument should be an integer' ); } if ($length !== null) { if (!is_int($length)) { throw new TypeError( 'RandomCompat_substr(): Third argument should be an integer, or omitted' ); } return (string) substr($binary_string, $start, $length); } return (string) substr($binary_string, $start); } } }