diff --git a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
index 7f100231..547284cc 100644
--- a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function is_utf8($val) {
 }
 
 function shorten_utf8($string, $length = 80, $suffix = "") {
-	preg_match("~^(.{0,$length})(.?)~su", $string, $match);
+	preg_match("~^((?:.|\n){0,$length})(.|\n)?~u", $string, $match); // ~s causes trash in $match[2] under some PHP versions
 	return htmlspecialchars($match[1]) . $suffix . ($match[2] ? "<em>...</em>" : "");
 }