Code Examples -> function textwrap will wrap text to any desired width using \n as the default line break. Default wrap width is 80 columns.

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Title :	function textwrap will wrap text to any desired width using <BR>\n as the default line break. Default wrap width is 80 columns.
Categories :	Strings, HTML and PHP, PHP	Richard Lynch
Date :	Jul 10th 1998
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<?php
 function textwrap($text, $wrap=80, $break=' \n'){
 $len = strlen($text);
 if ($len > $wrap){
 $h = '';
 $lastWhite = 0;
 $lastChar = 0;
 $lastBreak = 0;
 while ($lastChar < $len){
 $char = substr($text, $lastChar, 1);
 if (($lastChar - $lastBreak > $wrap) &&
($lastWhite > $lastBreak)){
 $h .= substr($text, $lastBreak,
($lastWhite - $lastBreak)) . "$break";
 $lastChar = $lastWhite + 1;
 $lastBreak = $lastChar;
 }
 /* You may wish to include other characters as
valid whitespace... */
 if ($char == ' ' || $char == chr(13) || $char
== chr(10)){
 $lastWhite = $lastChar;
 }
 $lastChar = $lastChar + 1;
 }
 $h .= substr($text, $lastBreak);
 }
 else{
 $h = $text;
 }
 return $h;
 }
?>

<HTML>
 <HEAD><TITLE>Textwrap Example</TITLE></HEAD>
 <BODY>
 <?php
 $test = "This is a test. This is only a test. Had
this been a real emergency you would have been instructed to put your head
between your knees and pray.";
 echo("$test \n \n");
 for ($w = 80; $w > 0; $w = $w - 10){
 $wrapped = textwrap($test, $w);
 echo("$w \n$wrapped \n \n");
 }
 ?>
 </BODY>
</HTML>

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