This is a small function that shortens a string.
It looks if the string is longer than a preset length, and if so cuts the text there.
Then it removes the last word from the string (so your string ends neatly at a space), and adds three dots.
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// Shorten a text if nessecary
function shortenText($txt='', $len=0){
if(strlen($txt) > $len){
$txt = substr($txt, 0, $len);
$t = split("[\n\r\t ]+", $txt);
$t = array_slice($t, 0, -1);
$txt = join(' ', $t);
$txt .= '...';
}
return $txt;
}