PHP wordwrap() Function

Wrap a string into new lines when it reaches a specific length:

<?php
$str = "An example of a long word is: Supercalifragulistic";
echo wordwrap($str,15,"<br>\n");
?>

Definition and Usage

The wordwrap() function wraps a string into new lines when it reaches a specific length.

Note: This function may leave white spaces at the beginning of a line.

wordwrap(string,width,break,cut)

Parameter	Description
string	Required. Specifies the string to break up into lines
width	Optional. Specifies the maximum line width. Default is 75
break	Optional. Specifies the characters to use as break. Default is "\n"
cut	Optional. Specifies whether words longer than the specified width should be wrapped: FALSE - Default. No-wrap TRUE - Wrap

Return Value:	Returns the string broken into lines on success, or FALSE on failure.
PHP Version:	4.0.2+
Changelog:	The cut parameter was added in PHP 4.0.3

Using all parameters:

<?php
$str = "An example of a long word is: Supercalifragulistic";
echo wordwrap($str,15,"<br>\n",TRUE);
?>

Wrap a string into new lines:

<?php
$str = "An example of a long word is: Supercalifragulistic";
echo wordwrap($str,15);
?>

The HTML output of the code above will be (View Source):

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
An example of a
long word is:
Supercalifragulistic
</body>
</html>

The browser output of the code above will be:

An example of a long word is: Supercalifragulistic