function truncate_string($string, $max_length){
    if (strlen($string) > $max_length) {
         $string = substr($string,0,$max_length);
         $string .= '...';
    }
return $string;
}

Here is a function that will truncate strings length.

example:

<?php
$string = "this is a test, this string will be shorten.";
echo truncate_string($string, 5);
?>

output: this ...

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Posted by admin on Jun 1st, 2010
testing
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