Truncate a string provided by the maximum limit

index.php

<?php

/**
 * Truncate a string provided by the maximum limit.
 * @param string $str
 * @param integer $maxlen
 * @return string
 */
function limitString($string, $limit = 100, $end = '&hellip;')
{
    if (mb_strwidth($string, 'UTF-8') <= $limit) {
        return $string;
    }

    return rtrim(mb_strimwidth($string, 0, $limit, '', 'UTF-8')).$end;
}

?>