The wordwrap Function

The wordwrap function inserts a line break (default is \n) after every N characters (default is 75).

Syntax

wordwrap(string $string, int $width = 75, string $break = "\n", bool $cut_long_words = false): string

In this example, the function will break the string every 10 characters with a line break:

<?php
	$text = "Quick brown fox jumps over lazy dog";
	echo wordwrap($text, 10, "<br>\n");
?>

Code execution result:

Quick<br>
brown fox<br>
jumps over<br>
lazy dog

Example with forced breaking of long words:

<?php
	$text = "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious wordwrap example";
	echo wordwrap($text, 8, "<br>\n", true);
?>

Code execution result:

Supercal<br>
ifragil<br>
isticexp<br>
ialidoc<br>
ious<br>
wordwra<br>
p<br>
example

Example with a long URL string:

<?php
	$url = "https://www.example.com/very/long/url/path/to/some/resource";
	echo wordwrap($url, 20, "<br>\n", true);
?>

Code execution result:

https://www.exampl<br>
e.com/very/long/u<br>
rl/path/to/some/<br>
resource