rigelstpierre

/*
 * jQuery FlexSlider v2.1
 * http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/
 *
 * Copyright 2012 WooThemes
 * Free to use under the GPLv2 license.
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 *
 * Contributing author: Tyler Smith (@mbmufffin)
 */

rigelstpierre

function ShortenText($text) {
        // Change to the number of characters you want to display
        $chars_limit = 100;
        $chars_text = strlen($text);
        $text = $text." ";
        $text = substr($text,0,$chars_limit);
        $text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));

// If the text has more characters that your limit,
//add ... so the user knows the text is actually longer