# ps_hyphenate

(PECL ps >= 1.1.1)

ps_hyphenate — Hyphenates a word

### Description

ps_hyphenate ( resource `$psdoc` , string `$text` ) : array|false

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.

### 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.

### Return Values

An array of integers indicating the position of possible breaks in the text or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 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);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Ko-ordi-na-ten-sys-tem

### See Also

- ps_show_boxed() - Output text in a box
- locale(1)