[SOLVED] Split String in Middle and Preserve String!

[musclehead]

I have a script that churns out a string of variables and is displayed on the page. If this string length is within a certain amount of characters, it is displayed, plain and simple.

 

However, if the string length is > 100 characters, I want to be able to insert a line break (without breaking a word in the string) to avoid clipping data. Example:

 

$myString = "This is a string, that, for the sake of argument, will be more than the 100-character threshold";

if (str_len($myString) > 100){
  ...

 

That's where I'm stuck - I want to be able to split the string in half without risking a word being cut in-half or breaking grammar.

 

Any ideas?

[rhodesa]

PHP already thought of that: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.wordwrap.php

[musclehead]

Ugh...15 lines of make-shift code and outright abuse of the strlen, substr and split functions and I had it working...thanks!