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Is there anything like this in php???

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Is there anything like this in php???

Oct 14th, 2008

I WANT TO DISPLAY A CERTAIN WORD I STORED IN DATABASE WITH LETS SAY 14 CHARACTERS(LATTERS),NOW I WANT WHILE DISPLAYING IT AFTER REACHING THE 9TH LATTER TO BRAKE.
SOMTHING LIKE THIS.
MWAKISAMBUKEGE -----
TO GET
MWAKISAMB
UKEGE

If there is apossibility of doing this.Help me please.

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Re: Is there anything like this in php???

Oct 14th, 2008

I think this is what you are looking for
wordwrap($text, 14, "<br />\n", true);

modified to add the 4th argument to the function for hard break.

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Re: Is there anything like this in php???

Oct 14th, 2008

do you mean i need to write like this????
$query="SELECT *FROM rad ";
$result="mysql_query($query)";
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$text=$row['text'];
echo"wordwrap($text, 14, "<br />\n", true);"
}

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Re: Is there anything like this in php???

Oct 14th, 2008

Close.
Like this

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$query="SELECT *FROM rad ";
$result="mysql_query($query)";
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$text=$row['text'];
echo wordwrap($text, 14, "<br />\n", true);
}
$query="SELECT *FROM rad ";
$result="mysql_query($query)";
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$text=$row['text'];
echo wordwrap($text, 14, "<br />\n", true);
}