Truncate a string...nicely.

truncateString.php

//truncate a string...nicely
function stringTruncate($string, $stringLength){

    if (strlen($string) > $stringLength) {
        $string = preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($string, 0, $stringLength));
        return $string . '...';
    }else{
        return $string;
    }

}