<pre class="brush:php;">    function myTruncate($string, $limit, $break=".", $pad="...") {
    // return with no change if string is shorter than $limit
    if(strlen($string) ＜= $limit)
        return $string;   

    // is $break present between $limit and the end of the string?
    if(false !== ($breakpoint = strpos($string, $break, $limit))) {
        if($breakpoint ＜ strlen($string) - 1) {
            $string = substr($string, 0, $breakpoint) . $pad;
        }
    }
    return $string;
}
```