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A function to limit text
Of course you can also copy this code and use it freely in the scripts that you may write.

php:

<?php
function limit_text( $text, $limit )
{
// figure out the total length of the string
if( strlen($text)>$limit )
{
# cut the text
$text = substr( $text,0,$limit );
# lose any incomplete word at the end
$text = substr( $text,0,-(strlen(strrchr($text,' '))) );
}
// return the processed string
return $text;
}
?>

How do I use this function?
Now to use it, you'll just have to paste the function above, into your script or onto a 'includes' file (containing all your functions) if you prefer.

Let's assume you want to paste it with your script - so, this is what you could do:

php:

<?php

//  Filename: test.php
//  ==================

//  Our sample text
$long = 'Offers a discussion board, news portal, '
.'web-related articles, tutorials, scripts,'
.' tech blog, photo gallery, oekaki drawing,'
.' fun games, and more.';

//  we only want the text to be 15 characters long.
$short15 = limit_text( $long,15 );
//  perhaps we need one with just 6 characters.
$short06 = limit_text( $long,6 );

//  we output some text
echo "<p>$long</p>
";
echo "<p>$short15</p>
";
echo "<p>$short06</p>
";

//  ============================================
//  now we paste our LIMIT_TEXT() function below
//  ============================================

function limit_text( $text, $limit )
{
if( strlen($text)>$limit )
{
$text = substr( $text,0,$limit );
$text = substr( $text,0,-(strlen(strrchr($text,' '))) );
}
return $text;
}
?>

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