wordwrap

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)

wordwrap — Wraps a string to a given number of characters

wordwrap ( string $string [, int $width = 75 [, string $break = "\n" [, bool $cut_long_words = false ]]] ) : string

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

string: The input string.
width: The number of characters at which the string will be wrapped.
break: The line is broken using the optional break parameter.
cut_long_words: If the cut_long_words is set to true, the string is always wrapped at or before the specified width. So if you have a word that is larger than the given width, it is broken apart. (See second example). When false the function does not split the word even if the width is smaller than the word width.

Returns the given string wrapped at the specified length.

Example #1 wordwrap() example

<?php
$text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
$newtext = wordwrap($text, 20, "<br />\n");

echo $newtext;
?>

The above example will output:

The quick brown fox<br />
jumped over the lazy<br />
dog.

Example #2 wordwrap() example

<?php
$text = "A very long woooooooooooord.";
$newtext = wordwrap($text, 8, "\n", true);

echo "$newtext\n";
?>

The above example will output:

A very
long
wooooooo
ooooord.

Example #3 wordwrap() example

<?php
$text = "A very long woooooooooooooooooord. and something";
$newtext = wordwrap($text, 8, "\n", false);

echo "$newtext\n";
?>

The above example will output:

A very
long
woooooooooooooooooord.
and
something