function trunc($phrase, $max_words) {
       $phrase_array = explode(' ',$phrase);
       if(count($phrase_array) > $max_words && $max_words > 0)
          $phrase = implode(' ',array_slice($phrase_array, 0, $max_words)).'...';
       return $phrase;
    }

这将返回单词的前200个字符:

preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($string, 0, 201));

基于@Justin Poliey的正则表达式:

// Trim very long text to 120 characters. Add an ellipsis if the text is trimmed.
if(strlen($very_long_text) > 120) {
  $matches = array();
  preg_match("/^(.{1,120})[\s]/i", $very_long_text, $matches);
  $trimmed_text = $matches[0]. '...';
}

我是这样做的:

$string = "I appreciate your service & idea to provide the branded toys at a fair rent price. This is really a wonderful to watch the kid not just playing with variety of toys but learning faster compare to the other kids who are not using the BooksandBeyond service. We wish you all the best";

print_r(substr($string, 0, strpos(wordwrap($string, 250), "\n")));

Dave和AmalMurali的代码中添加了IF/ELSEIF语句，用于处理没有空格的字符串

if ((strpos($string, ' ') !== false) && (strlen($string) > 200)) { 
    $WidgetText = substr($string, 0, strrpos(substr($string, 0, 200), ' ')); 
} 
elseif (strlen($string) > 200) {
    $WidgetText = substr($string, 0, 200);
}

function trunc($phrase, $max_words) {
       $phrase_array = explode(' ',$phrase);
       if(count($phrase_array) > $max_words && $max_words > 0)
          $phrase = implode(' ',array_slice($phrase_array, 0, $max_words)).'...';
       return $phrase;
    }