PHP Split String After X Characters Into Separate Word [duplicate]

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PHP: str_split without word-wrap

Let's say I have this string :

$string = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";

and I have character limit on my database : 15 characters. by using str_split($string,15), I got this result :

Array
(
[0] => Lorem ipsum dol
[1] => or sit amet
)

this looks ugly to me... how to cut string to the closest word using PHP but the result is like this :

Array
(
[0] => Lorem ipsum
[1] => dolor sit amet
)

You can use str_split function. php.net/manual/en/function.str-split.php — Mohammad Tasneem Faizyab
– Mohammad Tasneem Faizyab, Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 5:03

empiric · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-02 15:23:23Z

9

$string = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";
$string = wordwrap($string, 15, ";;", true);
var_dump(explode(";;", $string));

Output

array
  0 => string 'Lorem ipsum' (length=11)
  1 => string 'dolor sit amet' (length=14)

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2 Comments

could you tell what will you do if the string is like "loremipsum Registered User"

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