Ersin Acar

    function ShortText($text) {
        // display char lenght
        $chars = 10;
        $text = $text." ";
        $text = substr($text,0,$chars);
        $text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));
        $text = $text."..."; // You can give a link here
        return $text;
    }
//usage;
echo ShortText("it's a very  very very very very very very longggggggggggggg text");