function truncateText($string, $limit, $break=" ", $pad="..."){
	if(strlen($string) <= $limit) return $string;
	$string = substr($string, 0, $limit);
	if(false !== ($breakpoint = strrpos($string, $break))) {
	$string = substr($string, 0, $breakpoint);}
	return $string . $pad;}

Used to cleanly truncate text.

truncateText($string, $limit, $break=" ", $pad="...")

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