Cut the given string but not in the middle of the word.

addEllipsis

function addEllipsis($text, $maxChars, $splitter = '...'){ // you could put a splitter
   $x = $maxChars;
   if($maxChars < strlen($text)){ //check if the string have more characters than the limit.
      while($text[$x]!= ' ' && $x > 0 ){ //pass thru the string looking for a space.
         $x--;
      }
      $theReturn = substr($text,0,$x).$splitter; //get the slice of the string and concat the splitter.
   }else{ //if the string have no more than the  characteres limit
      $theReturn = $text;
   }
   $theReturn;
}