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function cutWords($string, $wordsreturned)
{
    $retval = $string;
    $string = preg_replace('/(?<=\S,)(?=\S)/', ' ', $string);
    $string = str_replace("\n", " ", $string);
    $array = explode(" ", $string);
    if (count($array) <= $wordsreturned) {
        $retval = $string;
    } else {
        array_splice($array, $wordsreturned);
        $retval = implode(" ", $array) . " ...";
    }
    return $retval;
}