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Created September 25, 2012 15:42
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function truncate($text,$numb) {
$text = html_entity_decode($text, ENT_QUOTES);
if (strlen($text) > $numb) {
$text = substr($text, 0, $numb);
$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text," "));
$etc = " ...";
$text = $text.$etc;
}
$text = htmlentities($text, ENT_QUOTES);
return $text;
}
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