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mdavison on 04/14/11


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Excerpt

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Creates excerpt that breaks at end of word.

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  1. function excerpt($string='', $maxChar=50, $uri='#') {
  2. 	$length = strlen($string);
  3. 	if ($length < $maxChar) {
  4. 		return $string;
  5. 	}
  6. 	$trimmedString = substr($string, 0, $maxChar);
  7. 	$choppedString = substr($trimmedString, 0, strrpos($trimmedString, strrchr($trimmedString, ' ')));
  8. 	$newString = $choppedString . ' <a href="' . $uri . '">more</a>';
  9. 	return $newString;
  10. }

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