What resources or websites were recommended to the user for a solution to the text truncation issue in PHP?

The issue of text truncation in PHP can be solved by using the `substr` function to limit the number of characters displayed in the text. This function takes the original text and the starting position along with the number of characters to be displayed. By using this function, you can ensure that the text is not truncated beyond the specified limit.

$text = "This is a long text that needs to be truncated";
$limit = 20;

if(strlen($text) > $limit){
    $truncated_text = substr($text, 0, $limit) . "...";
} else {
    $truncated_text = $text;
}

echo $truncated_text; // Output: This is a long text...