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Truncate Text Returned by PHP

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// quick function to cut back on the length of content

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

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