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<?php

// set variable
$var = "Hello, this is going to be longer that 50 letters long which isn't that hard!!!!";

// display normal variable
echo "Display normal variable: <b>".$var."</b><br><br>";

// count number of characters
$varlength = strlen($var);

// set character limit
$limit = 50;

// if character number if more than character limit
if ($varlength > $limit) {
  // display string up to character limit, add dots
  $var = substr($var,0,$limit)."...";
}

// display variable
echo "Display edited variable: <b>".$var."</b>";

?>

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