What is PHP chunk_split() Function?
If you want to split a long text into a specific smaller length parts, use PHP chunk_split(). You can also add a specific separator after each part too.
Syntax:
chunk_split(string, length, separator)
Parameters:
The Function has 1 required parameter and 2 optional parameters-
string (Required): It specifies the string that you want to split.
length (Optional): It specifies the length of each part (or chunk). The default length is 76.
separator (Optional): It specifies a string to be inserted at the end of each chunk. The default value is “\r\n” (carriage return and newline).
Return Values:
The function returns the chunked string as a new string.
Examples:
Example 1:
<?php
$string = "Jameslearnmysql";
echo chunk_split($string, 5, "<br />");
?>
Output:
James
learn
mysql
Notes on chunk_split() Function:
- The function doesn’t modify the original string. It returns a new string.
- The function adds separator at the last chunk too. If you want to remove the trailing separator, use substr() function. see following example-
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PHP Version Support:
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
Summary: PHP chunk_split() Function
convert_uudecode() function is one of the built-in string functions. Use this function to split a string into smaller chunks.