break long string variable in multiple lines php [duplicate] - php

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How to split a long string without breaking words?
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I created a variable which stores a very long string, and I want to print this variable in multiple lines.
$test ="This is some example text , I want to print this variable in 3 lines";
The output of the above $test would be
This is some example text,
I want to print this
variabale in 3 lines
Note: I want a new line after each 15 characters or each line have equal characters. I don't want to add break tag or any other tag during variable assignment.

Answer 1

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<?php
$str= 'This is some example text , I want to print this variable in 3 lines, also.';
$x = '12';
$array = explode( "\n", wordwrap( $str, $x));
var_dump($array);
?>
or use
$array = wordwrap( $str, $x, "\n");

Answer 2

Try this
<?php
$test ="This is some example text , I want to print this variable in 3 lines";
$array = str_split($test, 10);
echo implode("<br>",$array);
Based on this link
PHP: split a long string without breaking words
$longString = 'I like apple. You like oranges. We like fruit. I like meat, also.';
$arrayWords = explode(' ', $longString);
// Max size of each line
$maxLineLength = 18;
// Auxiliar counters, foreach will use them
$currentLength = 0;
$index = 0;
foreach($arrayWords as $word)
{
// +1 because the word will receive back the space in the end that it loses in explode()
$wordLength = strlen($word) + 1;
if( ( $currentLength + $wordLength ) <= $maxLineLength )
{
$arrayOutput[$index] .= $word . ' ';
$currentLength += $wordLength;
}
else
{
$index += 1;
$currentLength = $wordLength;
$arrayOutput[$index] = $word;
}
}

Answer 3

The easiest solution is to use wordwrap(), and explode() on the new line, like so:
$array = explode( "\n", wordwrap( $str, $x));
Where $x is a number of characters to wrap the string on.
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Answer 4

Try This
<?php
$test ="This is some example text , I want to print this variable in 3 lines";
$explode=explode(" ",$test);
$String='';
$newString='';
$maxCharacterCount=23;
foreach ($explode as $key => $value) {
$strlen=strlen($String);
if($strlen<=$maxCharacterCount){
$String.=' '.$value;
}else{
$newString.=$String.' '.$value.'<br>';
$String='';
}
}
$finalString= $newString.$String;
echo $finalString;
?>

Answer 5

OK now all is working. You just pass $string and #maxlenght in characters number and function returns table with cutted string.
don`t cut words,
don`t ever exeed maxLenght,
Only one thing to rember is that u need to care for comma usage i.e: "word, word".
$test ="This is some example text, I want to print this variable in 3 lines dasdas das asd asd asd asd asd ad ad";
function breakString($string, $maxLenght) {
//preparing string, getting lenght, max parts number and so on
$string = trim($string, ' ');
$stringLenght = strlen($string);
$parts = ($stringLenght / $maxLenght );
$finalPatrsNumber = ceil($parts);
$arrayString = explode(' ', $string);
//defining variables used to store data into a foreach loop
$partString ='';
$new = array();
$arrayNew = array();
/**
* go througt every word and glue it to a $partstring
*
* check $partstring lenght if it exceded $maxLenght
* then delete last word and pass it again to $partstring
* and create now array value
*/
foreach($arrayString as $word){
$partString.=$word.' ';
while( strlen( $partString ) > $maxLenght) {
$partString = trim($partString, ' ');
$new = explode(' ', $partString);
$partString = '';
$partString.= end($new).' ';
array_pop($new);
//var_dump($new);
if( strlen(implode( $new, ' ' )) < $maxLenght){
$value = implode( $new, ' ' );
$arrayNew[] = $value;
}
}
}
// /**
// * psuh last part of the string into array
// */
$string2 = implode(' ', $arrayNew);
$string2 = trim($string2, ' ');
$string2lenght = strlen($string2);
$newPart = substr($string, $string2lenght);
$arrayNew[] = $newPart;
/**
* return array with broken $parts of $string
* $party max lenght is < $maxlenght
* and breaks are only after words
*/
return $arrayNew;
}
/**
* sample usage
* #param string $string
* #param int $maxLenght Description
*/
foreach( breakString($test, 30) as $line){
echo $line."<br />";
}
displays:
This is some example text, I
want to print this variable
in 3 lines dasdas das asd asd
asd asd asd ad ad
btw. u can easly add here some rules like:
no single char in last row or don`t break on certain words and so on;