Truncate Function

public function truncate($str, $limit, $break = " ", $pad = "...") {
if(strlen($str) > $limit) {
$str = substr($str, 0, $limit);
if(false !== ($breakpoint = strrpos($str, $break))) {
$str = substr($str, 0, $breakpoint);
} // if
$str = $str . $pad;
} // if
return($str);
} // truncate