Creating an Ellipsis in PHP - PHP Snipplr Social Repository

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at December 16, 2008 05:45 by gauravjassal

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<?php
function ellipsis($text, $maxChars = 20, $splitter = '...')
{
    $theReturn = $text;
    $lastSpace = false;

    if (strlen($text) > $maxChars)
    {
        $theReturn = substr($text, 0, $maxChars - 1);

        if (in_array(substr($text, $maxChars - 1, 1),array(' ', '.', '!', '?')))
        {
            $theReturn .= substr($text, $maxChars, 1);
        }
        else
        {
            $theReturn = substr($theReturn, 0, $maxChars - strlen($splitter));
            $lastSpace = strrpos($theReturn, ' ');

            if ($lastSpace !== false)
           {
                $theReturn = substr($theReturn, 0, $lastSpace);
           }

            if (in_array(substr($theReturn, -1, 1), array(',')))
            {
                $theReturn = substr($theReturn, 0, -1);
            }
            $theReturn .= $splitter;
        }
    }
    return $theReturn;
}
?>

<?php 
$text = "Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo."; 
echo ellipsis($text,150); 
?>

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