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This function allows you to take any string and split it into fairly even pieces

This function allows you to take any string and split it into fairly even pieces

<? 

function breakString($str="", $pieces="") { 

// Find out how big the string is 
$len = strlen($str); 

// String size can't be less than pieces 
if ($len < $pieces) { 
    $ary[0] = "String Size is less than Number of Pieces"; 
    return $ary; 
} 

// Find out how big each piece should be 
$lim = $len / $pieces; 
$start = 0; 
$i = 0; 
$l = 0; 

// Split string into individual characters 
for ($k = 0; $k < $len; $k++) { 
     $x = $k + 1; 
     $g[$k] = substr($str,$k,1); 
} 

// Start Making Pieces 
while ($i < $pieces) { 
    
// Glue Pieces Back Togeather 
   for ($j = $start; $j < $lim; $j++) { 
       $tmp = $tmp . $g[$l]; 
       $l++; 
   } 

// Back up one character in the array 
   $x = $l - 1; 

// If Last Charecter is NOT a space, AND this is NOT the last piece, 
// Go until the next  space is found 
   while (($g[$x] != " ") AND ($i != $pieces -1)) { 
     $tmp = $tmp . $g[$l]; 
     $g[$x] = $g[$l]; 
     $l++; 
   } 

// Move this String into array piece 
   $ary[$i] = $tmp; 
// Reset String 
   $tmp = ""; 
   $i++; 
} 

// Output String 
   return $ary; 

} 

$text = "this is a little test with php3, MYSQL and Apache on my webserver. It works fine but i have to learn a lot about php3!"; 
echo("<b>$text</b><br><br>"); 

$now = breakString($text, 3); 

$sze = sizeof($now); 

for ($ii = 0; $ii < $sze; $ii++) { 
     echo("$now[$ii]<br>"); 
} 

?>