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Wrap a Long String, Word or URL Over Multiple Lines

A long string of text can often break the formatting of a page - particularly if text is rendered in a narrow table. The solution: Implement a PHP function that will wrap a string over multiple lines.

Line-wrapping is commonly used by utilizing a hyphen (a dash, actually) to divide words at the nearest breakpoint between syllables, indicating that the letters form a word fragment - not a word. In the following case, the breakpoint is defined by the container or table it is in.

If your problem can't be managed by CSS, consider the following.

Wrap a Long String, Word or URL Over Multiple Lines

In this case, the only long 'word' was a URL, and it was split (hyphenated) over multiple lines within a table cell.

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<?php 
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/*
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 Wrap a Long String, Word or URL Over Multiple Lines
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 http://www.beliefmedia.com/code/php-snippets/soft-break
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*/
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function beliefmedia_soft_break($string, $interval=20, $breakChr='­') {
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  $split_string = explode(' ', $string);
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  foreach($split_string as $key => $val) {
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   if(strlen($val)>$interval) {
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     $split_string[$key] = wordwrap($val, $interval, $breakChr, true);
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   }
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  }
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 return implode(' ', $split_string);
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}

Usage:

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<?php 
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$string = 'Almost a decade after they made their [commercial debut](http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2001/q2/news_release_010521b.html) on a Boeing ...';
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echo beliefmedia_soft_break($string);

Depending on your needs, the PHP wordwrap function may be all that you require. If you need to break a URL, consider truncating them.

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