PHP - Split string in array after X characters without cut word on limit

Question

I'm trying to split a string after x characters and put it in array. But I need to don't cut word if x is in a middle of a word. What I expect is to split on the word inferior.

I Tried this :

CODE

$string = "Helllooooo I'mmm <strong>theeeeee</strong> <em> woooooorrd</em> theeee loooonnngessttt";
$desired_width = 24;

$str = wordwrap($string, $desired_width, "\n");

var_dump($str);
die;

OUTPUT

string 'Helllooooo I'mmm
<strong>theeeeee</strong>
<em> woooooorrd</em>
theeee loooonnngessttt' (length=86)

How to put it in array ? Is there another method to do that ? a mix between this and explode() ? thanks !

You need to take a shot to regular expressions, and/or DOM functions in PHP. — vaso123
– vaso123, Commented Apr 23, 2015 at 8:52
thanks all ! I did that : $str = explode("\n", wordwrap($string, $desired_width)); — Zagloo
– Zagloo, Commented Apr 23, 2015 at 9:00

Bo Chen · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-23 08:56:57Z

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$string = "Helllooooo I'mmm <strong>theeeeee</strong> <em> woooooorrd</em> theeee loooonnngessttt";
$desired_width = 24;

$str = wordwrap($string, $desired_width, "\n");
$arr = explode("\n", $str);
var_dump($arr);
die;

answered Apr 23, 2015 at 8:56

Bo Chen

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Zagloo Over a year ago

I did that too (5 minutes ago before) :) thanks ! $str = explode("\n", wordwrap($string, $desired_width));

Salah · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-23 09:02:27Z

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Try this

$string = "Helllooooo I'mmm <strong>theeeeee</strong> <em> woooooorrd</em> theeee loooonnngessttt";
$desired_width = 24;

$str = wordwrap($string, $desired_width, "***");
$str = explode("***",$str);
var_dump($str);
die;

the output

array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(16) "Helllooooo I'mmm"
  [1]=>
  string(25) "<strong>theeeeee</strong>"
  [2]=>
  string(20) "<em> woooooorrd</em>"
  [3]=>
  string(22) "theeee loooonnngessttt"
}

answered Apr 23, 2015 at 9:02

Salah

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Rizier123 Over a year ago

Huff, good thing OP doesn't have a few asterix in their string!

Salah Over a year ago

You need to use any text or symbol that is not expected to exist in the string as split point. the problem appears if the string is dynamic and it contains many stars (in this case) or a new line ' /n' (in the previous solution ).

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