function my_excerpt($maxLength=380){

$html = get_the_content();

    mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
    $printedLength = 0;
    $position = 0;
    $tags = array();
    $out = "";

    while ($printedLength < $maxLength && mb_preg_match('{</?([a-z]+)[^>]*>|&#?[a-zA-Z0-9]+;}', $html, $match, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, $position))
    {
        list($tag, $tagPosition) = $match[0];

        // Print text leading up to the tag.
        $str = mb_substr($html, $position, $tagPosition - $position);
        if ($printedLength + mb_strlen($str) > $maxLength)
        {
            $out .= mb_substr($str, 0, $maxLength - $printedLength);
            $printedLength = $maxLength;
            break;
        }

        $out .= $str;
        $printedLength += mb_strlen($str);

        if ($tag[0] == '&')
        {
            // Handle the entity.
            $out .= $tag;
            $printedLength++;
        }
        else
        {
            // Handle the tag.
            $tagName = $match[1][0];
            if ($tag[1] == '/')
            {
                // This is a closing tag.

                $openingTag = array_pop($tags);
                assert($openingTag == $tagName); // check that tags are properly nested.

                $out .= $tag;
            }
            else if ($tag[mb_strlen($tag) - 2] == '/')
            {
                // Self-closing tag.
                $out .= $tag;
            }
            else
            {
                // Opening tag.
                $out .= $tag;
                $tags[] = $tagName;
            }
        }

        // Continue after the tag.
        $position = $tagPosition + mb_strlen($tag);
    }

    // Print any remaining text.
    if ($printedLength < $maxLength && $position < mb_strlen($html))
        $out .= mb_substr($html, $position, $maxLength - $printedLength);

    // Close any open tags.
    while (!empty($tags))
        $out .= sprintf('</%s>', array_pop($tags));

    echo $out;
}

function mb_preg_match(
    $ps_pattern,
    $ps_subject,
    &$pa_matches,
    $pn_flags = 0,
    $pn_offset = 0,
    $ps_encoding = NULL
) {
    // WARNING! - All this function does is to correct offsets, nothing else:
    //(code is independent of PREG_PATTER_ORDER / PREG_SET_ORDER)

    if (is_null($ps_encoding)) $ps_encoding = mb_internal_encoding();

    $pn_offset = strlen(mb_substr($ps_subject, 0, $pn_offset, $ps_encoding));
    $ret = preg_match($ps_pattern, $ps_subject, $pa_matches, $pn_flags, $pn_offset);

    if ($ret && ($pn_flags & PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE))
        foreach($pa_matches as &$ha_match) {
                $ha_match[1] = mb_strlen(substr($ps_subject, 0, $ha_match[1]), $ps_encoding);
        }

    return $ret;
}