Hold on. I wrote this in javascript, let me whip up a php version quickly.
Here is the php version
<?php
function makeList($str)
{
$str = split('&&&&',$str);
$html = '<ul>';
for($i = 0; $i < count($str); $i++)
{
$html .= '<li>'.$str[$i].'</li>';
}
$html .= '</ul>';
return $html;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo makeList("Item 1&&&&Item 2&&&&Item 3");
?>
</body>
</html>
Here is the JS version if you needed
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function makeList(str)
{
str = str.split('&&&&');
createUL = document.createElement('ul');
for(var i = 0; i < str.length; i++)
{
var createLI = document.createElement('li');
var createText = document.createTextNode(str[i]);
createLI.appendChild(createText);
createUL.appendChild(createLI);
}
document.getElementById('listhold').appendChild(createUL);
}
window.onload = function()
{
makeList('Item 1&&&&Item 2&&&&Item 3');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="listhold"></div>
</body>
</html>
