Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:21:25 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/5260/shorten-text-without-braking-words <p>this function is not fully accurate! function shorten($value="", $limit=20, $end="..."){ if( strlen($value) > $limit ){ list($new_value, $end) = explode( "\n", wordwrap($value, $limit, "\n", false) ); return ( $end ) ? $new_value.'...' : $new_value; }else{ return $value; } }</p> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:39:29 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/5260/shorten-text-without-braking-words