Shows how to use the build-in function "wordwrap" to create line breaks by a user definied length.

/*
** Function: wordwrap example (PHP)
** Desc: Shows how to use the build-in function "wordwrap" to create line breaks by a user definied length.
** Example: see below
** Author: Jonas John
*/

// create a long text for testing:
$long_text = 'This is a long text to demonstrate the usage of the ';
$long_text .= 'wordwrap function. ';
$long_text .= 'Fooooooooooooooooobar, just fooling around';

// syntax: wordwrap(input string, line max. width, break chars, cut words)
$new_text = wordwrap($long_text, 15, "
\n", true);

print $new_text;

/*
The output will be:

This is a long

text to

demonstrate the

usage of the

wordwrap

function.

Foooooooooooooo

ooobar, just

fooling around
*/

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