Pastable version of Limit amount of words displayed

<pre class='prettyprint' language='php'>&lt;?php
function word_limiter( $text, $limit = 30, $chars = '0123456789' ) {
    if( strlen( $text ) &gt; $limit ) {
        $words = str_word_count( $text, 2, $chars );
        $words = array_reverse( $words, TRUE );
        foreach( $words as $length =&gt; $word ) {
            if( $length + strlen( $word ) &gt;= $limit ) {
                array_shift( $words );
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }
        $words = array_reverse( $words );
        $text = implode( &quot; &quot;, $words ) . '&amp;hellip;';
    }
    return $text;
}

$str = &quot;Hello this is a list of words that is too long&quot;;
echo '1: ' . word_limiter( $str );
$str = &quot;Hello this is a list of words&quot;;
echo '2: ' . word_limiter( $str );
?&gt;</pre>
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