[PHP] Limit text length by characters

limit-text-length.php

<?php
/**
 * limit_text_length
 * Function to limit text length by characters.
 *
 * @param string $string
 * @param int $length
 *
 * @return string
 */

function limit_text_length( $string, $length = 0 ) {

	$string = html_entity_decode( $string, ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8' );
	$sufix = ( $length < strlen( $string ) ) ? '&hellip;' : '';
	$string = mb_substr( $string, 0, $length, 'utf-8' );

	return trim( $string ) . $sufix;

}