PHP 8 reference · String Functions

PHP wordwrap() Function

Wrap a string at a given line width by inserting line breaks between words, optionally cutting long words.

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Syntax

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

Parameter	Description
`string`	The input string.
`width` optional	The maximum line width in bytes. Default: `75`
`break` optional	The line break to insert. Default: `"\n"`
`cut_long_words` optional	`true` splits words longer than `width`. Default: `false`

The wrapped string.

Wrap at 15 charactersTry it yourself

<?php
echo wordwrap("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", 15), "\n";

Output

The quick brown
fox jumps over
the lazy dog

Cut long words, custom breakTry it yourself

<?php
echo wordwrap("Supercalifragilistic", 8, "\n", true), "\n";
echo wordwrap("short words here", 6, "<br>"), "\n";

Output

Supercal
ifragili
stic
short<br>words<br>here

Version	Change
PHP 4.0	Added

nl2br() · Insert an HTML <br> tag before every new line in a string, so plain text keeps its line breaks on a web page.
str_split() · Split a string into an array of chunks of a given length, one byte each by default. Use mb_str_split() for UTF-8.
PHP Strings · tutorial