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wordwrap

(PHP4 >= 4.0.2)

wordwrap --  Wraps a string to a given number of characters using a string break character.

Description

string wordwrap (string str [, int width [, string break [, int cut]]])

Wraps the string str at the column number specified by the (optional) width parameter. The line is broken using the (optional) break parameter.

wordwrap() will automatically wrap at column 75 and break using '\n' (newline) if width or break are not given.

If the cut is set to 1, the string is always wrapped at the specified width. So if you have a word that is larger than the given width, it is broken appart. (See second example).

Example 1. wordwrap() example


$text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
$newtext = wordwrap( $text, 20 );

echo "$newtext\n";

This example would display: 


The quick brown fox
jumped over the lazy dog.

Example 2. wordwrap() example


$text = "A very long woooooooooooord.";
$newtext = wordwrap( $text, 8, "\n", 1);

echo "$newtext\n";

This example would display: 


A very
long
wooooooo
ooooord.

See also nl2br().

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