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Trim A String To A Given Word Count

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Cut or trim a string by given word number

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  1. <?php
  2. /**
  3. * Trim a string to a given number of words
  4. *
  5. * @param $string
  6. *   the original string
  7. * @param $count
  8. *   the word count
  9. * @param $ellipsis
  10. *   TRUE to add "..."
  11. *   or use a string to define other character
  12. * @param $node
  13. *   provide the node and we'll set the $node->
  14. *  
  15. * @return
  16. *   trimmed string with ellipsis added if it was truncated
  17. */
  18. function word_trim($string, $count, $ellipsis = FALSE){
  19.   $words = explode(' ', $string);
  20.   if (count($words) > $count){
  21.     array_splice($words, $count);
  22.     $string = implode(' ', $words);
  23.     if (is_string($ellipsis)){
  24.       $string .= $ellipsis;
  25.     }
  26.     elseif ($ellipsis){
  27.       $string .= '&hellip;';
  28.     }
  29.   }
  30.   return $string;
  31. }
  32. ?>

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