/**
* Returns the message text, truncated to given character length.
*
* @param integer $maxLength
* @return string
*/
public function getFormattedExcerpt($maxLength = CMS_NEWS_EXCERPT_LENGTH)
{
$message = $this->message;
// find position of [readmore] tag
$position = mb_strpos($this->message, '[readmore]');
if ($position !== false) {
$message = mb_substr($message, 0, $position);
}
// assign embedded objects
MessageEmbeddedObjectManager::getInstance()->setActiveMessage('de.incendium.cms.news.entry', $this->entryID);
// parse message
MessageParser::getInstance()->setOutputType('text/html');
$message = MessageParser::getInstance()->parse($message, $this->enableSmilies, $this->enableHtml, $this->enableBBCodes);
// truncate message
return MessageUtil::truncateFormattedMessage($message, $maxLength);
}
