PHP break string into two parts - php

Question

Note: I can't use break or next line functions as i am using FPDF
I am having a problem with php strings. I am having a string where i want to show atmost 12 characters in first row and remaining in second row. So basically i want to break string into two parts and assign to two variables so that i can print those two variables. I have tried following code :-
if($length > 12)
{
$first400 = substr($info['business_name'], 0, 12);
$theRest = substr($info['business_name'], 11);
$this->Cell(140,22,strtoupper($first400));
$this->Ln();
$this->Cell(140,22,strtoupper($theRest));
$this->Ln();
}
But using this I am getting as shown below :
Original String : The Best Hotel Ever
Output :
The Best Hot
Tel Ever
It is breaking a word, i don't want to break the word, just check the length and if within 12 characters all the words are complete then print next word in next line. Like this :
Desired OutPut:
The Best
Hotel Ever
Any suggestions ?

Answer 1

I see no built-in function to do it, however you could explode on spaces, and re-build your string until the length with the next words get over 12, everything else going to the second part :
$string = 'The Best Hotel Ever';
$exp = explode(' ', $string);
if (strlen($exp[0]) < 12) {
$tmp = $exp[0];
$i = 1;
while (strlen($tmp . ' ' . $exp[$i]) < 12) {
$tmp .= " " . $exp[$i];
$i++;
}
$array[0] = $tmp;
while (isset($exp[$i])) {
$array[1] .= ' ' . $exp[$i];
$i++;
}
$array[1] = trim($array[1]);
} else {
$array[0] = '';
$array[1] = trim(implode (' ', $exp));
}
var_dump($array);
// Output : array(2) { [0]=> string(8) "The Best" [1]=> string(10) "Hotel Ever" }
// $string1 = 'The';
// array(2) { [0]=> string(3) "The" [1]=> string(0) "" }
// $string2 = 'Thebesthotelever';
// array(2) { [0]=> string(0) "" [1]=> string(16) "Thebesthotelever" }

Answer 2

Im not too crash hot on PHP but it seems to be a simple case of which element of the string you are accessing is futher across from where you want to be:
Try:
if($length > 12)
{
$first400 = substr($info['business_name'], 0, 8);
$theRest = substr($info['business_name'], 11);
$this->Cell(140,22,strtoupper($first400));
$this->Ln();
$this->Cell(140,22,strtoupper($theRest));
$this->Ln();
}
For further help check out because you need to remember to count from zero up:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php