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Trim extra characters from string (truncate string)

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If a string exceeds x characters (defaults to 100), trims the string to the first x characters and appends a tail to the end of the truncated string (defaults to an ellipsis).

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  1. function trimExtraChars($string, $max = 100, $tail = '...') {	
  2. 	if (strlen($string) > $max) {
  3. 		$string = substr($string, 0, $max) . $tail;
  4. 	}
  5.  
  6. 	return $string;
  7. }

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