Pull first x words from a string

Pull first x words from a string - Grabs the first x words from a string.

Source Code

function firstwords($str,$wordcount) {
# Gareth (omnipotent.net) 0wnz m3.
# Someday, I will be able to do this sort of thing when I grow up.
$words=preg_split(''/([
Warning: Unexpected character in input: '' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/sfy/public_html/snippets/view.php on line 32
s.,;] )/'',$str,$wordcount 1,PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
array_pop($words);
return(implode('''',$words));
}