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StevenW721 on 07/09/10


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Trim text to X number of words

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  1. function trimText ( $text, $trimNumber )
  2. {	// trim the text to trimNumber amount of words
  3. 	$text = str_replace("  ", " ", $text);
  4. 	$trimmed = NULL;
  5. 	$string = explode(" ", $text);
  6. 	if ( count($string) > $trimNumber )
  7. 	{	for ( $wordCounter = 0 ; $wordCounter <= $trimNumber ; $wordCounter++ ){
  8. 			$trimmed .= $string[$wordCounter];
  9. 			if ( $wordCounter < $trimNumber ){ $trimmed .= " "; }
  10. 			else { $trimmed .= "..."; }
  11. 		}
  12. 	}
  13. 	else
  14. 	{	$trimmed = $text;	}
  15. 	$trimmed = stripslashes(trim($trimmed));
  16. 	return ($trimmed);
  17. }

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