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Text-Overflow: Ellipsis with PHP
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text-overflow.php
<?php
$text = 'your text'; // or $yourtext;
$maxPos = 50; // Max. number of characters
if (strlen($text) > $maxPos)
{
$lastPos = ($maxPos - 3) - strlen($text);
$text = substr($text, 0, strrpos($text, ' ', $lastPos)) . '...';
}
echo $text;
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