How can the truncate function in Smarty be used to limit the length of a string in PHP?

To limit the length of a string in PHP using the truncate function in Smarty, you can pass the string variable and the desired length as parameters to the truncate function. This function will truncate the string to the specified length and add an ellipsis (...) at the end if the string exceeds the specified length. 

<?php
// Assign a string to a variable
$string = "This is a long string that needs to be truncated.";

// Use Smarty's truncate function to limit the length of the string
$truncatedString = $smarty->truncate($string, 20);

// Output the truncated string
echo $truncatedString;
?>

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Smarty truncate function limit length string PHP

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