How to split Chinese characters in PHP?

Question

I need some help regarding how to split Chinese characters mixed with English words and numbers in PHP.

For example, if I read

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Answer 1

With this code you can make chinese text (utf8) to wrap at the end of the line so that it is still readable

print_r(preg_match_all('/([\w]+)|(.)/u', $str, $matches));
$arr_result = array();

foreach ($matches[0] as $key => $val) {
    $arr_result[]=$val;
    $arr_result[]="​"; //add Zero-Width Space
} 
foreach ($arr_result as $key => $val) {
    $out .= $val;
} 
return $out;