... After certain amount of characters

[magebash]

I was making a messanging script and was wondering how to cut off a phrase and put... After it when it becomes more than a certain amount of characters long.  If anyone can help it would be appreciated.

[peranha]

<?php
// Function to abbreviate number of characters.
function truncate($string, $max_chars = 60) {
if(strlen($string) > $max_chars)
{
	$string = substr($string, 0, $max_chars).'...';
}

return $string;
?>

 

change 60 to the number of characters you want it to dispaly.

[gijew]

<?php
$text = 'whatever sentence';
if (strlen($text) > 5) {
 echo substr($text, 0, 50).'...';
} else {
 echo $text;
}
?>

 

EDIT: I like peranha's version better

[magebash]

thanks