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>");
} 

?>