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. Default is FALSE (no-wrap)

Tips and Notes

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

Example 1

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

The browser output of the code above will be:

An example on a long word is: Supercalifragulistic

If you select "View source" in the browser window, you will see the following HTML:

<html>
<body>
An example on a
long word is:
Supercalifragulistic
</body>
</html>

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

The output of the code above will be:

An example on a
long word is:
Supercalifragulistic

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

The output of the code above will be:

An example on a
long word is:
Supercalifragul
istic

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