Posted by howarthc@gmail.com on 12/16/06 01:25

yes - I just noticed it also - I fixed it by testing with mod, etc,
etc... overly complex - your solution is neat and tidy - I will try it
now. Thanks

Chris

Rik wrote:

> howarthc@gmail.com wrote:
> > OK - here is what I want to do - but I am lost how to do it.
> >
> > I have a variable
> >
> > $mystring = "one two three four five six seven eight nine"
> >
> > This variable $mystring can be 4 words long or it could be 50 words
> > long it is totally variable. What I want to do is take the number of
> > words in $mystring, divide by three and insert a <br> at the end of
> > each "line".
> >
> > Example: $mystring = "one two three four five six seven eight nine"
> >
> > Convert to:
> > one two three<br>
> > four five six<br>
> > seven eight nine<br>
> >
> > Example: $mystring = "one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
> > eleven twelve"
> >
> > Convert to:
> > one two three four<br>
> > five six seven eight<br>
> > nine ten eleven twelve<br>
> >
> > I know I can use explode or strip with a field seperator of " " to
> > break the variable into component parts - but my non-programmer brain
> > is confused how I would do this.
>
> Unfortunately, divided by three is not always an integer....
> I've taken the liberty to assume "extra's on last row":
>
> $array = split(' ',$string);
> $newstring = '';
> $rows = 3;
> while($rows >= 1){
> $newstring .= implode('
> ',array_splice($array,0,floor(count($array)/$rows--))).'<br>';
> }
> echo $newstring;
> --
> Rik Wasmus

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