<?php
function cut_text($text, $maxwords = 10, $maxchar = 30) {
$sep = ' ';
$words = @preg_split(" ", $text);
$char = iconv_strlen($text, 'utf-8');
if (count($words) > $maxwords) {
$text = join($sep, array_slice($words, 0, $maxwords));
}
return $text;
}