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Truncate text at word break

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  1. function myTruncate($string, $limit, $break=".", $pad="...") {
  2. 	// return with no change if string is shorter than $limit
  3. 	if(strlen($string) <= $limit)
  4. 		return $string; 
  5.  
  6. 	// is $break present between $limit and the end of the string?
  7. 	if(false !== ($breakpoint = strpos($string, $break, $limit))) {
  8. 		if($breakpoint < strlen($string) - 1) {
  9. 			$string = substr($string, 0, $breakpoint) . $pad;
  10. 		}
  11. 	}
  12. 	return $string;
  13. }
  14. /***** Example ****/
  15. $short_string=myTruncate($long_string, 100, ' ');

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