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  1. function breakUpLongLines( $text, $maxLength=80 )
  2. {
  3.   $counter = 0;
  4.   $newText = '';
  5.   $array = array();
  6.  
  7.   $textLength = strlen( $text );
  8.  
  9.   for( $i = 0; $i <= $textLength; $i++ )
  10.   { 
  11.     $array[] = substr( $text, $i, 1 ); 
  12.   }
  13.  
  14.   $textLength = count( $array );
  15.  
  16.   for( $x = 0; $x < $textLength; $x++ )
  17.   {
  18.     if( preg_match( "/[[:space:]]/", $array[ $x ] ) )
  19.     {
  20.       $counter = 0;
  21.     }
  22.     else    
  23.     {
  24.       $counter++;
  25.     }
  26.  
  27.     $newText .= $array[ $x ];
  28.  
  29.     if( $counter >= $maxLength )
  30.     {
  31.       $newText .= ' ';
  32.  
  33.       $counter = 0;
  34.     }
  35.   }
  36.  
  37.   return $newText;
  38. }

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