php: convert strings to table fixed columns

gistfile1.txt

<?php
/**
* @Desc: Convert str1,str2,str3,str4,str5,....... to fix table columns
* @param string, delimiter, number of column
* @return Table markup fix columns
*/
function pre_table($str, $del = ',', $numCols = '3'){
        $cnt = 0;
        $arr = explode($del,$str);
        $out_str = "<table width='100%'>";
             $cnt=0;
             for ($cnt=0;$cnt<count($arr); $cnt++)
             {
                  if ($cnt % $numCols == 0)
                  {
                          if ($cnt > 0) $out_str .= "</tr>";
                          $out_str .= "<tr valign='top'>";  
                  }
                  $out_str .= "<td>".$arr[$cnt]."</td>";
             }
             while ($cnt % $numCols != 0)
             {
                     $out_str .= "<td>&nbsp;</td>";
                     $cnt++;
             }
        $out_str .= "</tr></table>";
return $out_str;
}
?>