gistfile1.txt

function ShortenText($text, $numb) {
// Change to the number of characters you want to display
        $chars = $numb;
        $text = $text." ";
        $text = substr($text,0,$chars);
        //$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));
        $text = $text."...";

        return $text;
}