public static function extractFirstSentence($text)
{
if (mb_strlen($text, 'utf-8') > 4 && ($pos = mb_strpos($text, '.', 4, 'utf-8')) !== false) {
$sentence = mb_substr($text, 0, $pos + 1, 'utf-8');
if (mb_strlen($text, 'utf-8') >= $pos + 3) {
$abbrev = mb_substr($text, $pos - 1, 4, 'utf-8');
if ($abbrev === 'e.g.' || $abbrev === 'i.e.') {
// do not break sentence after abbreviation
$sentence .= static::extractFirstSentence(mb_substr($text, $pos + 1, mb_strlen($text, 'utf-8'), 'utf-8'));
}
}
return $sentence;
} else {
return $text;
}
}