PHP wordwrap() Function (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The wordwrap() function is a built-in function in PHP. This function wraps a given string to a given number of characters using a string break character.Syntax:

string wordwrap ($str, width,width, width,break, $cut )

Parameters : The function accepts 4 parameters as shown in the above syntax and are described below:

1. $str: This parameter specifies the input string which is needed to break up into lines.
2. $width: This parameter specifies the number of characters at which the string will be wrapped. That is number of characters after which the string will break.
3. $break: This is an optional parameter and if specified appends the value at the point of breaking the string.
4. $cut: It is a boolean parameter, if this parameter is set to TRUE, then the string is always wrapped at or before the specified width. That is it will also break a word from between if it comes in middle of the constraint specified by the parameter $width. When this parameter is set to FALSE the function does not split the word even if the width is smaller than the word width.

Return Value: The function returns a string wrapped upto specified length i.e. the string broken into lines on success, or FALSE on failure. Below programs illustrate the wordwrap() function in PHP :Program 1 :

php `

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Output:

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Program 2 :

php `

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Output:

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Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.wordwrap.php