Custom Excerpt Function

<?php

/**
 * Function to create better excerpts
 *
 * @param  string  $content  The original content
 * @return string            The modified content
 */
function make_better_excerpt($content) {
    $excerpt = strip_tags($content); // Remove HTML tags
    $excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, 100); // Shorten to 100 characters
    $excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, strripos($excerpt, ' ')); // Cut at the last space
    $excerpt = rtrim($excerpt); // Remove trailing spaces
    $excerpt = $excerpt.'...'; // Add ellipsis

    return $excerpt;
}

$content = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.";
$better_excerpt = make_better_excerpt($content);

echo $better_excerpt;

?>