what functions do i need to use for this?

[JD_]

basically i have a bunch of html in $data
if $data is over 200 characters i want to split it into two $data and $data1 and if over 300 into 3 etc..

ive seen the split() don't think thats what i need though any help?

[maxpup979]

the functions you want are strlen, and substr

[laserlight]

It depends on how you want to do the split. Consider this function, which splits in groups of 100, leaving the remaining characters in the last array element returned:

function splitStr($str) {
	$count = ceil(strlen($str) / 100);
	$ret = array();
	for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
		$ret[] = substr($str, $i * 100, 100);
	}
	return $ret;
}

EDIT:
before you start complaining that it doesnt work the way you want it to, note that I'm writing it as an example - it obviously doesnt fit your requirements.