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Convert text to columns

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  1. function text_convert2columns($colcontent, $columns)
  2. {
  3.   $coloutput = '';
  4.   $bodytext = array("$colcontent");
  5.   $text = implode(',', $bodytext); //prepare bodytext
  6.   $length = strlen($text); //determine the length of the text
  7.   $length = ceil($length/$columns); //divide length by number of columns
  8.   $words = explode(' ',$text); // prepare text for word count and split the body into columns
  9.   $c = count($words);
  10.   $l = 0;
  11.  
  12.   for($i=1;$i<=$columns;$i++) 
  13.   {
  14.     $new_string = '';
  15.     $coloutput .= '<div class="txt-column-'.$i.'">';
  16.     for($g=$l;$g<=$c;$g++)
  17.     {
  18.       if(strlen($new_string) <= $length || $i == $columns)
  19.       {
  20.         $new_string.=$words[$g]." ";
  21.       }
  22.       else 
  23.       {
  24.         $l = $g;
  25.         break;
  26.       }
  27.     }
  28.  
  29.     $coloutput .= $new_string;
  30.     $coloutput .= '</div>';
  31.   }
  32.   return $coloutput;
  33. }

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