How to split PHP string if character count is greater - php

Question

I have a user input field. It will be a textarea. When user submit the form I want to check if the entered character count is more than 10. If more than 10 I want to split it. Clearly says, if I get a string
$someWords = "Pleasedon'tblowmetopiecesandthis will be a 12345 random.";
Then I want to split this string. Each parts should be maximum of 10 character long. Required result (clean text) should be something like below,
tblowmetop
iecesandth
is will be
a 12345 r
andom
How can I do this in PHP? I have idea about getting count using strlen($string);.

Answer 1

You can use PHPs built-in function chunk_split():
$chunkedString = chunk_split($someWords, 10);
This gives you a string with a line break after each 10 characters.
If you like to get an array with entries of 10 characters each you can use PHPs str_split():
$chunks = str_split($someWords, 10);

Answer 2

PHP has a built-in function called str_split() That splits a string and creates an array.
$arr = str_split($someWords, 10);
This code will create an array of strings, each with a length of 10 characters. The similar function chunk_split() can be used to insert additional content every n characters.
$chunked = chunk_split($someWords, 10);
$chunked is a single string with newlines inserted every 10 characters. This function can be useful for wrapping text for output.

Answer 3

<?php
$str = "Hello Friend";
$arr1 = str_split($str);
$arr2 = str_split($str, 3);
print_r($arr1);
print_r($arr2);
?>
This function counts space(" ") as one character
Output
Array
(
[0] => H
[1] => e
[2] => l
[3] => l
[4] => o
[5] =>
[6] => F
[7] => r
[8] => i
[9] => e
[10] => n
[11] => d
)
Array
(
[0] => Hel
[1] => lo
[2] => Fri
[3] => end
)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-split.php
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Need to remove space use str_replace function before str_split for replace space in string

Answer 4

you could try using recursively
function submystr_to_array($str, $length, $arr_result = array() )
{
$istr_len = strlen($str);
if ( $istr_len == 0 )
return $arr_result;
$result = substr($str, 0, $length);
$tail = substr($str, $length, $istr_len );
if ( $result )
array_push( $arr_result, $result );
if( !$tail )
return $arr_result;
return submystr_to_array( $tail, $length, $arr_result);
}
$mystr = "Pleasedon'tblowmetopiecesandthis will be a 12345 random.";
var_dump( submystr_to_array($mystr, 10) );
result:
array(6) {
[0]=>
string(10) "Pleasedon'"
[1]=>
string(10) "tblowmetop"
[2]=>
string(10) "iecesandth"
[3]=>
string(10) "is will be"
[4]=>
string(10) " a 12345 r"
[5]=>
string(6) "andom."
}