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Created August 9, 2010 11:16
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<?php
function arGenerateExcerpt ($incomingText = "", $maximumAllowedLength = 75, $wrapperElementTagName = "p") {
$responseText = "";
$contentInParagraphs = explode("</" . $wrapperElementTagName . ">", $incomingText);
foreach ($contentInParagraphs as $paragraph) {
$responseText .= strip_tags($paragraph, "<p>") . "</" . $wrapperElementTagName . ">";
if ((u8strlen($responseText) + u8strlen($paragraph)) >= $maximumAllowedLength)
break;
}
return strip_tags($responseText);
}
?>
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