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wordwrap

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

wordwrap — Wraps a string to a given number of characters

Description

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

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

Parameters

str

The input string.

width

The column width. Defaults to 75.

break

The line is broken using the optional break parameter. Defaults to '\n'.

cut

If the cut is set to TRUE, 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 apart. (See second example).

Return Values

Returns the given string wrapped at the specified column.

ChangeLog

Version Description
4.0.3 The optional cut parameter was added.

Exempel

Example#1 wordwrap() example

<?php
$text 
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
$newtext wordwrap($text20"<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.";
$newtext wordwrap($text8"\n"true);

echo 
"$newtext\n";
?>

The above example will output:

A very
long
wooooooo
ooooord.

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