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Wraps text to any desired width with customizable line break

Wraps text to any desired width with customizable line break

<?php 
        function  textwrap($text,  $wrap=80,  $break= '<BR>\n'){ 
                $len  =  strlen($text); 
                if  ($len  >  $wrap){ 
                        $h  =  ''; 
                        $lastWhite  =  0; 
                        $lastChar  =  0; 
                        $lastBreak  =  0; 
                        while  ($lastChar  <  $len){ 
                                $char  =  substr($text,  $lastChar,  1); 
                                if  (($lastChar  -  $lastBreak  >  $wrap)  &&  ($lastWhite  >  $lastBreak)){ 
                                        $h  .=  substr($text,  $lastBreak,  ($lastWhite  -  $lastBreak))  .  $break; 
                                        $lastChar  =  $lastWhite  +  1; 
                                        $lastBreak  =  $lastChar; 
                                } 
                                /*  You  may  wish  to  include  other  characters  as  valid  whitespace...  */ 
                                if  ($char  ==  '  '  ||  $char  ==  chr(13)  ||  $char  ==  chr(10)){ 
                                        $lastWhite  =  $lastChar; 
                                } 
                                $lastChar  =  $lastChar  +  1; 
                        } 
                        $h  .=  substr($text,  $lastBreak); 
                } 
                else{ 
                        $h  =  $text; 
                } 
                return  $h; 
        } 
?> 

<HTML> 
        <HEAD><TITLE>Textwrap  Example</TITLE></HEAD> 
        <BODY> 
                <?php 
                        $test  =  "This  is  a  test.    This  is  only  a  test.    Had  this   
been  a  real  emergency  you  would  have  been  instructed  to  put  your  head  between  your   
knees  and  pray."; 
                        echo( "$test<BR>\n<BR>\n"); 
                        for  ($w  =  80;  $w  >  0;  $w  =  $w  -  10){ 
                                $wrapped  =  textwrap($test,  $w); 
                                echo( "$w<BR>\n$wrapped<BR>\n<BR>\n"); 
                        } 
                ?> 
        </BODY> 
</HTML>