Here it is:

function snippet($text,$length=20,$tail="...") {
    $text = trim($text);
    $txtl = strlen($text);
    if($txtl > $length) {
        for($i=1;$text[$length-$i]!=" ";$i++) {
            if($i == $length) {
                return substr($text,0,$length) . $tail;
            }
        }
        $text = substr($text,0,$length-$i+1) . $tail;
    }
    return $text;
}

May be! a better solution will be to cut all that... is not ?
Like there is here (diary_extern.php) in fact...

$UD_snip_entry = "200";  // Shortens string - default = 200

But it is to difficult to do ;-) for me

I also did not allow it to display img tag BBCode, since the idea was to display only one image per diary entry (the uploaded image).

But if you really want to do that do that, here is how (but I don't recommend it):

#
#---------[ 1. OPEN ]---------------------------------------------------------
#

diary.php


#
#---------[ 2. FIND (line: 737) ]---------------------------------------------
#

//============= START PARSER =============
...
...
...
//============= END PARSER =============


#
#---------[ 3. REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------------------------
#

    // Perform the main parsing of the message (BBCode, smilies, censor words etc)
    $text = parse_message($text, 0);
    echo $text;


#
#---------[ 4. FIND (line: 312) ]---------------------------------------------
#

//============= START PARSER =============
...
...
...
//============= END PARSER =============


#
#---------[ 5. REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------------------------
#

    // Perform the main parsing of the message (BBCode, smilies, censor words etc)
    $text = parse_message($text, 0);

But I 've got always a problem with this 'Image' BBCode tag !

And... I do not know how to apply "line return" at the diaries listing

Please ;-)) Could you help me ?

You might be able to make use of the diary_extern.php page I created for this mod. It can display the latest 5/10/15 etc diary entries on any page.

Great but when I tried...

Warning: main(PUN_ROOTinclude/parser.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mylogin/www/forum/diary_extern.php on line 22

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'PUN_ROOTinclude/parser.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php4:/home/xxx/yyy/zzz') in /home/mylogin/www/forum/diary_extern.php on line 22

an idea ? (php5 is it required ?)

Ps: This "PUN_ROOTinclude/parser.php" is strange ;-) not ? may be with an "/" before include

But... please, could you tell me how do that ? thanks again in advance

But I 've got a problem with 'Image' BBCode

I entered this BBCode but my image is not inserted (I see in my Diary, this BBCode below in fact!)

[img]http://www.xyz.com/images/photo-0023.jpg[/img]

Other BBCodes seem Ok

PS: FluxBB 1.2.21 (BBCode allowed) - User Diarie 1.1.2 (BBCode allowed too ;-))

P.s.  Directory hashing is also lacking in punbb avatars folder, I made a custom solution to this myself since my avatars folder had 30,000+ images in it.

Latest User Diary entries:
- 1/1/2008 I ate a hotdog today
- 1/1/2008 I hate school
- 1/1/2008 Tell me what you think about this
View all >

##
##        Mod title:  User Diaries
##
##      Mod version:  1.1.1
##   Works on PunBB:  1.2.*
##     Release date:  2008-07-16
##           Author:  Koos (pampoen10@yahoo.com)
##
##      Description:  Allows users to post diaries with images.
##
##   Affected files:  none
##                                     
##       Affects DB:  New tables:
##                       'diary'
##                       'diary_perms'
##                       'diary_reports'
## 
##            Notes:  Requires the GD library on your Web server. Script can
##                    upload JPEG, PNG AND GIF images.
##
##       DISCLAIMER:  Please note that "mods" are not officially supported by
##                    PunBB. Installation of this modification is done at your
##                    own risk. Backup your forum database and any and all
##                    applicable files before proceeding.
##
################################################################################
## CHANGELOG:
## 1.1.1 : fixed a bug on the edit page
##         minor style change
## 1.1.0 : can now edit your diary entries
##         added BBCode functionality
## 1.0.1 : some minor fixes and improvements
##         made changes to the English lang file
## 1.0   : initial release 
################################################################################

I have finally completed the User Diaries mod which I have been working on for some time now. Happy to say that it turned out the way I intended. The idea was to keep it simple - and make it easy to navigate. Thanks to those who helped test the pre-release version.

Features:
* All pages valid XHTML strict
* Valid RSS 2.0 feed for all user diaries
* Can upload images with diary entries
* Easy to install and uninstall
* Users can report diary entries
* Permission control
* Diary statistics for admin

Download from punres.org