How to do word wrapping using php
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:38 pm
A function that takes a string of text and wraps it into lines of a length that you determine. Can be useful for guestbooks, news posting scripts etc. to prevent the layout breaking.
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<?php
/**
* Example usage:
*
* // Your text
* $text = "This is a sentence which contains some words.";
*
* // Or from a database result
* $text = $row['text'];
*
* // Then put it into the function
* $text = word_wrap($text);
*
* // Output the result
* echo $text;
*/
function word_wrap($text) {
// Define the characters to display per row
$chars = "10";
$text = wordwrap($text, $chars, "<br />", 1);
return $text;
}
?>