Shorten the Lenght of text in featured listings...

I am using 4.2.1 Developer with the deepsea template.

I was searching in the forum for a way to shorten the length of the text in the featured listings.
I found a way to do this back in 2007, so I gave it a try, but this code is not up to date.
It does work, however it puts a �
after the text, and the listings do not refresh and rotate.
I replaced $output.=$loop[$x][title] ."<br />";
in the function.feature_listings_horizontal.php file, as it describes below.
Can anyone help me so it works with 4.2.1 Developer?

Thanks....



Replace:

$output.=$loop[$x][title] ."<br />";

With:

$limit = '25'; // Set to your preference
$textin = $loop[$x][title];
if(strlen($textin)>$limit){
$textin = substr($textin,0,$limit);
$textout = substr($textin,0,-(strlen(strrchr($textin,' '))) )."…";}
else{$textout = $textin;}
$output.=$textout ."<br />";


This shortens the string to whatever you specify as the limit, drops any word fragment, and ads the ellipsis (…)


original thread: http://www.68classifieds.com/forums/v3-1-questions-support/2475-text-too-long.html