Posted by mootmail-googlegroups on 10/02/06 12:16

ashok wrote:
> Hi,
> I need a function that will divide text from mysql in 2 parts, so that I
> can display first half in one column and second half in second column.
> I can't find what function will do this job.
> Here is part of what I have.
>
> $myrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsindexpage);
> //function wordcount
> $wc = str_word_count($myrow);
> $half = ($wc/2);
> //function divide text in two columns
> <tr>
> <td width="150" valign="top">
> <?php
> $str = $myrow;
> $split = NEED_FUNCTION_HERE($str, $half);
> $first = $split[0];
> $second = $split[1];
> echo "$first";
> ?>
> </td>
> <td width="150" valign="top">
> <?php
> echo "$second";
> ?>
> </td>
> </tr>


Is this text a fixed-length, or is there a delimiter of some kind?

If there is a delimiter, consider explode:
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php

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