<?php
function the_nth_sentence($sentence_num = 1) {
	if ($sentence_num == 0) {
		return false;
	}
	if ($sentence_num >= 1) {
		$sentence_num = $sentence_num-1;
	}
	$content = get_the_content('',FALSE,'');
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
	$content = strip_tags($content);
	$pos = strpos($content, '.');
	for($i=1; $i<=$sentence_num; $i++) {
		$pos = strpos($content, '.', $pos+1);
	}
	echo '<p>' . substr($content,0,$pos+1) . '</p>';
}
?>

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Get the nth sentence from the post (beta)

<?php
function the_nth_sentence($sentence_num = 1) {
	if ($sentence_num == 0) {
		return false;
	}
	if ($sentence_num >= 1) {
		$sentence_num = $sentence_num-1;
	}
	$content = get_the_content('',FALSE,'');
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
	$content = strip_tags($content);
	$pos = strpos($content, '.');
	for($i=1; $i<=$sentence_num; $i++) {
		$pos = strpos($content, '.', $pos+1);
	}
	echo '<p>' . substr($content,0,$pos+1) . '</p>';
}
?>

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<?php
function the_first_sentence() {
	$content = get_the_content('',FALSE,'');
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
	$content = strip_tags($content);
	$pos = strpos($content, '.');
	echo '<p>' . substr($content,0,$pos+1) . '</p>';
}
?>

php

1

Get the first sentence of the post

<?php
function the_first_sentence() {
	$content = get_the_content('',FALSE,'');
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
	$content = strip_tags($content);
	$pos = strpos($content, '.');
	echo '<p>' . substr($content,0,$pos+1) . '</p>';
}
?>

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