--- ../tags/2.0.3/get-recent-comments.php	2009-03-27 00:06:56.000000000 +0100
+++ get-recent-comments.php	2009-03-27 13:48:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 /*
 Plugin Name: Get Recent Comments
-Version: 2.0.3
-Plugin URI: http://blog.jodies.de/archiv/2004/11/13/recent-comments/
+Version: 2.0.5
+Plugin URI: http://blog.jodies.de/2004/11/recent-comments/
 Author: Krischan Jodies
 Author URI: http://blog.jodies.de
 Description: Display the most recent comments or trackbacks with your own formatting in the sidebar. Visit <a href="options-general.php?page=get-recent-comments.php">Options/Recent Comments</a> after activation of the plugin.
@@ -1050,7 +1050,9 @@
 {
 	// kjgrc_log("kjgrc_get_comments2 $caller");
 	// echo "kjgrc_get_comments2 $requested_comment_type $caller<br>";
-	mb_regex_encoding(mb_internal_encoding());
+	if (function_exists("mb_regex_encoding")) {
+		mb_regex_encoding(mb_internal_encoding());
+	}
 	global $wpdb;
 	$batch_number = 0;
 	$number_of_comments = 0;
@@ -1269,8 +1271,13 @@
 			$trackback_title = preg_replace("/^<strong>(.+?)<\/strong>.*/s","$1",$comment->comment_content);
 			$trackback_title = strip_tags($trackback_title);
 			$trackback_title = preg_replace("/[\n\t\r]/"," ",$trackback_title);
-			$trackback_title = mb_ereg_replace('([^\s]{'.$chars_per_word.'})','\\1 ', $trackback_title); // split long words
-               		$trackback_title = preg_replace("/\s{2,}/"," ",$trackback_title);
+			if (function_exists("mb_ereg_replace")) {
+				$trackback_title = mb_ereg_replace('([^\s]{'.$chars_per_word.'})','\\1 ', $trackback_title); // split long words
+               			$trackback_title = preg_replace("/\s{2,}/"," ",$trackback_title);
+			} else {
+				$trackback_title = preg_replace("/\s{2,}/"," ",$trackback_title);
+                        	$trackback_title = wordwrap($trackback_title,$chars_per_word,' ',1);
+			}
 										
 			$comment_excerpt = preg_replace("/^<strong>.+?<\/strong>/","",$comment->comment_content,1);
 			$comment_author = $comment->comment_author;
@@ -1284,8 +1291,13 @@
 		$comment_excerpt = strip_tags(wptexturize($comment_excerpt));
 
 		$comment_excerpt = preg_replace("/[\n\t\r]/"," ",$comment_excerpt); // whitespace into 1 blank
-		$comment_excerpt = mb_ereg_replace('([^\s]{'.$chars_per_word.'})','\\1 ', $comment_excerpt); // split long words
-		$comment_excerpt = preg_replace("/\s{2,}/"," ",$comment_excerpt); // whitespace into 1 blank
+		if (function_exists("mb_ereg_replace")) {
+			$comment_excerpt = mb_ereg_replace('([^\s]{'.$chars_per_word.'})','\\1 ', $comment_excerpt); // split long words
+			$comment_excerpt = preg_replace("/\s{2,}/"," ",$comment_excerpt); // whitespace into 1 blank
+		} else {
+			$comment_excerpt = preg_replace("/\s{2,}/"," ",$comment_excerpt); // whitespace into 1 blank
+			$comment_excerpt = wordwrap($comment_excerpt,$chars_per_word,' ',1);
+		}
 
 		if ($trackback_title == '')
 			$trackback_title = $comment_excerpt;
@@ -1497,22 +1509,40 @@
 
 function kjgrc_excerpt ($text,$chars_per_comment,$chars_per_word,$tag,$output)
 {
-	$length = mb_strlen(str_replace($tag,"",strip_tags($output)));
+	if (function_exists('mb_strlen')) {
+		$length = mb_strlen(str_replace($tag,"",strip_tags($output)));
+	} else {
+		$length = strlen(str_replace($tag,"",strip_tags($output)));
+	}
 	$length = $chars_per_comment - $length;
 	$length = $length -2; // we will add three dots at the end
 	if ($length < 0) $length = 0;
-	if (mb_strlen($text) > $length) {
-		$text = mb_substr($text,0,$length);
-		if ((mb_strlen($text) - mb_strrpos($text,' ')) < $chars_per_word-1) {
-			$text = mb_substr($text,0,mb_strrpos($text,' '));
+	if (function_exists('mb_strlen') && function_exists('mb_substr') && function_exists('mb_strrpos')) 
+	{
+		if (mb_strlen($text) > $length) {
+			$text = mb_substr($text,0,$length);
+			if ((mb_strlen($text) - mb_strrpos($text,' ')) < $chars_per_word-1) {
+				$text = mb_substr($text,0,mb_strrpos($text,' '));
+			}
+			// last word has max word length:
+        	        if ((mb_strlen($text) - mb_strrpos($text,' ')) > $chars_per_word-2)
+			{
+        	                $text = mb_substr($text,0,mb_strlen($text)-3);
+        	        } 
+			$text = $text . "...";
 		}
-		// last word has max word length:
-                if ((mb_strlen($text) - mb_strrpos($text,' ')) > $chars_per_word-2)
-		{
-                        $text = mb_substr($text,0,mb_strlen($text)-3);
-                } 
+	} else 
+	{
+		if (strlen($text) > $length) {
+                	$text = substr($text,0,$length);
+                	$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));
+                	// last word exceeds max word length:
+                	if ((strlen($text) - strrpos($text,' ')) > $chars_per_word) {
+                        	$text = substr($text,0,strlen($text)-3);
+                	} 
+                	$text = $text . "...";
+        	}
 
-		$text = $text . "...";
 	}
 	#$text = "[EXCERPT]: '$text'";
 	return "$text";