explode string into 3 charaters at a time

sgtpepper

I am trying to explode a set of 255 characters to display 3 charcters at a time...

for example
123
456
789
etc....

Below is a start of code....but am I going in the right direction?

<?php
// Example 1
$pizza = "$row[features]";
$pieces = explode(chr(3), $pizza);
print $pieces[0]; // piece1
print $pieces[1]; // piece2
?>

sgtpepper

I am now working on this code:

<?php
$split_features = "$row[features]";
echo substr($split_features,0,3);
?>
<br>
<?
echo substr($split_features,3,6);
?>
<br>
<?
echo substr($split_features,6,9);
?>

It is doing what I want....taking my string $row[features] and splitting it into three characters....

But the sting is 255 characters....how can I do this more efficiently?

stolzyboy

this should give you a start

<?
$split_features = $row['features'];
$i = 0;
for ($i = 0; $i <= 85; $i += 3)
{
echo substr($split_features,$i ,3);
echo "<br>";
}
?>

sgtpepper

Yes that did it. One more quick question....

Now, lets say if a result = 123 how can I sustitute that 123 for text?

For examlpe something like

if $split_features = 123 than print 'This is the text';

How can I do that? Also...(sorry for all the questions) can you put results in a table or something....instead of one long list? Can I break it up?

stolzyboy

here it is in td's and tr's, i will leave it up to you to do other types of formatting, for example you could put three results, then a new row, three more, new row, etc....

think about what you are doing logically and then work it out on paper, if need be to work out how you would do it, with counters, whatever

<?
$split_features = "123654654123456456";
$i = 0;
?>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<?
for ($i = 0; $i <= 85; $i += 3)
{
?>
<tr>
<td>
<?
if ((substr($split_features,$i ,3)) == "123")
{
echo "text";
}
else
{
echo substr($split_features,$i ,3);
}
?>
</td>
</tr>
<?
}
?>
</table>