public static function excerpt_char($str, $chars, $strip_tags = true, $balance_tags = false, $append = false)
{
$limit = $chars;
$str = trim($str);
if ($strip_tags) {
$str = strip_tags($str);
}
if (strlen($str) <= $limit) {
return $str;
}
$str = substr($str, 0, intval($limit));
$last_space = strrpos($str, ' ');
if ($last_space > 0) {
$str = substr($str, 0, $last_space);
}
if ($append != false) {
$str .= $append;
}
if ($balance_tags) {
return PerchUtil::balance_tags($str);
}
return $str;
}
