Divide an array into a desired number of split lists

/**
 * Divide an array into a desired number of split lists
 * @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-chunk.php#75022
 * @param array $list The Array
 * @param int $size Partition Size
 * @return array The partitioned array
 */
function columnsPartition ( array $list, $size ) {
	$listLen = count ( $list );

	if ( !$listLen || $size < 1 ) {
		return [];
	}

	$partLen = floor ( $listLen / $size );
	$partRem = $listLen % $size;
	$partition = [];
	$mark = 0;

	for ( $px = 0; $px < $size; $px++ ) {
		$increment = ( $px < $partRem ) ? $partLen + 1 : $partLen;

		$partition[ $px ] = array_slice ( $list, $mark, $increment );
		$mark += $increment;
	}

	return $partition;
}

/************
 * EXAMPLE
 ***********/
var_dump ( columnsPartition(range('A','I'), 3) );

/***********
 * OUTPUT
 **********/
array (size=3)
  0 => 
    array (size=3)
      0 => string 'A' (length=1)
      1 => string 'B' (length=1)
      2 => string 'C' (length=1)
  1 => 
    array (size=3)
      0 => string 'D' (length=1)
      1 => string 'E' (length=1)
      2 => string 'F' (length=1)
  2 => 
    array (size=3)
      0 => string 'G' (length=1)
      1 => string 'H' (length=1)
      2 => string 'I' (length=1)