ps_hyphenate

Hyphenates a word

&reftitle.description; ``array``false```ps_hyphenate` `resource` `psdoc` `string` `text`

Hyphenates the passed word. `ps_hyphenate` evaluates the value hyphenminchars (set by `ps_set_value`) and the parameter hyphendict (set by `ps_set_parameter`). hyphendict must be set before calling this function.

This function requires the locale category LC_CTYPE to be set properly. This is done when the extension is initialized by using the environment variables. On Unix systems read the man page of locale for more information.

&reftitle.parameters;

`psdoc`

- Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by `ps_new`.

`text`

- `text` should not contain any non alpha characters. Possible positions for breaks are returned in an array of interger numbers. Each number is the position of the char in `text` after which a hyphenation can take place.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

An array of integers indicating the position of possible breaks in the text &return.falseforfailure;.

&reftitle.examples;

### Hyphennate a text

    <?php
    $word = "Koordinatensystem";
    $psdoc = ps_new();
    ps_set_parameter($psdoc, "hyphendict", "hyph_de.dic");
    $hyphens = ps_hyphenate($psdoc, $word);
    for($i=0; $i<strlen($word); $i++) {
      echo $word[$i];
      if(in_array($i, $hyphens))
        echo "-";
    }
    ps_delete($psdoc);
    ?>

&example.outputs;

    Ko-ordi-na-ten-sys-tem

&reftitle.seealso;

- `ps_show_boxed`
- locale(1)