public static function slimText($strText, $intLength = null, $allowedTags = '<p><br><br/>')
    {
        $strText = strip_tags($strText, $allowedTags);

        if ($intLength !== null) {
            $strText = static::truncateHtml($strText, $intLength);
        }

        $strText = str_replace(['[-]', '&shy;', '[nbsp]', '&nbsp;'], ['', '', ' ', ' '], $strText);

        return $strText;
    }