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function closetags($html) {
    preg_match_all('#<([a-z]+)(?: .*)?(?<![/|/ ])>#iU', $html, $result);
    $openedtags = $result[1];
    preg_match_all('#</([a-z]+)>#iU', $html, $result);

    $closedtags = $result[1];
    $len_opened = count($openedtags);

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/** 
 * Truncates text.
 *
 * Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the last characters
 * with the ending if the text is longer than length.
 *
 * @param string $text String to truncate.
 * @param integer $length Length of returned string, including ellipsis.
 * @param string $ending Ending to be appended to the trimmed string.