Re: mail function and wordwrap

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Date	Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:49:15 +0100
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On 08-02-11 20:55, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 2/8/2011 9:51 AM, Luuk wrote:
>> On 08-02-11 14:19, Bill B wrote:
>>> I have looked through php.net (and googled) without finding an example
>>> of this particular scenario.
>>>
>>> If the message is the result of:
>>>
>>> $msg = "A very long sentence\n";
>>> $msg .= "A short sentence\n"; // less than 70 characters
>>> $msg .= "Another short sentence\n"; // less than 70 characters
>>> $msg .= "Another very long sentence";
>>>
>>> $msg = wordwrap($msg, 70);
>>>
>>> Does wordwrap only act on the longer individual strings? Will the short
>>> strings appear on lines of their own?
>>
>> There is, of course, only one string in your example. (which contains
>> more sentences....)
>>
>>>
>>> In other words, will the formatting (\n) in each string taken separately
>>> override the overall wordwrap?
>>
>> Yes, the current 'break' character (3rd paramerer) is not changed, so if
>> a short 'sentence' is found it will be shorter than the specified width
>> in the second parameter.
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Bill B
>>
>> above concluded after a bit of testing ;)
>>
> 
> IOW you wrote the test script for him, Luuk?  How good of you :)
> 

no, i copied the lines in out of the original post....
and added 'echo $msg;' to the end
oh wait, i made the last sentence a bit longer too.... ;)

And, yes, i'm not a consultant, as you are, so i *know* how to do it.

-- 
Luuk

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Re: mail function and wordwrap Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-02-08 14:55 -0500
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