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Truncates the given string at the specified length.

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  1. /**
  2.  * Truncates the given string at the specified length.
  3.  *
  4.  * @param string $str The input string.
  5.  * @param int $width The number of chars at which the string will be truncated.
  6.  * @return string
  7.  */
  8. function truncate($str, $width) {
  9.     return current(explode("\n", wordwrap($str, $width, "...\n")));
  10. }

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