Truncate string to words AND box size

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Is there a way to truncate a string to fit certain box size AND only keep full words?

CSS solution truncates to box size, but breaks words:

.truncate {

  width: 250px;

  white-space: nowrap;

  overflow: hidden; 

  text-overflow: ellipsis; 

}

While php truncate cuts the string to number of characters, but not to box length. Eg a string with many i's will take much less space then a string with many m's.

Is there a way to have best of both worlds?

asked 1 min ago

skyisred

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Truncate string to words AND box size