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Gets string and length and return string of given length. Makes sure half word in not in the end.

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  1. /*
  2. *	stripText()
  3. *	@action:get input string and returns splited string of given length
  4. *			makes sure half word in not in the end
  5. *	@parameters:
  6. *		$str: string to be splited
  7. *		$len: length of required string
  8. *	@return: string of given length
  9. *	@modified : 19 September 2010
  10. *	@modified by: Nilambar
  11. */
  12. function stripText($str,$len=100)
  13. {	
  14. 	$str=trim($str);
  15. 	$str=strip_tags($str);
  16. 	$slen=strlen($str);
  17. 	$op='';
  18. 	if($slen<=$len)
  19. 	{
  20. 		return $str;
  21. 	}
  22. 	else
  23. 	{
  24. 		$str=substr($str,0,$len);
  25. 		$exploded_array=explode(' ',$str );
  26. 		$wordcount=count($exploded_array);
  27.  
  28. 		$last=array_pop($exploded_array);
  29. 		$op=implode(' ',$exploded_array);
  30. 		$op.='...';
  31. 	}	
  32. 	return $op;
  33.  
  34. }

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