Truncate Words

truncate-words

<?php
/**
 * Truncate string
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * @param	str			string		subject to truncate
 * @param	len			integer		length of the string after being stripped from tags if true
 * @param	ending		string		concatinate $ending if the string has been truncated
 * @param	bStripTags	bool		strip the html tags from string
 */
function truncate($str, $len = 120, $ending = '...', $bStipTags = true, $bnl2br = true) {
			
	if(!$str) {
		return false;
	}
	
	// Strip the tags from the $str
	if($bStipTags) {
		$str = strip_tags($str);	
	}
	
	if(strlen($str) > $len) {
		$str = substr($str, 0, $len) . '...';
	}
	
	// Return with \n to <br /> if set to true
	return $bnl2br ? nl2br($str) : $str;
	
}