Splitting a string

This numer has dynamic lenght, witch is the root of my problems. $number = 123456789 should print as following: var1: 12345 (and it is this lengt witch varies) var2: 67 var3: 89. I've been using substr with negative numbers to fetch the last two vars. thereafter explode to get the first number. Ok I understand the code and can use it, but it feels wrong. Does anyone have any idea on suitable functions for such a task, both more size (as in code) and speed effective. It is not a mission critical, but moreover a opinion of what things should look like. I've been looking into string/explode functions on php.net without getting past my current code. -- --- Børge Kennel Arivene http://www.arivene.net ---