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Truncate a string, leave beginning and end, dot dot dot the middle
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cut-out-the-middle.php
<?php
$content = "A long string of text with an important word at the end";
$posfront = strpos($content, ' ', 10);
$first = substr($content, 0, $posfront);
$posend = strrpos($content, ' ', -10);
$last = substr($content, $posend);
//echo $posfront . '<br>';
//echo $first . '<br>';
//echo $last . '<br>';
echo $first . ' &hellip; ' . $last;
?>
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