Evenly distribute array items across specified number of columns

array_distribute.php

<?php

    /**
     * Evenly distribute array items across specified number of columns
     *
     * @param array $array An array of items to distribute
     * @param integer $columns Number of columns
     * @return array
     */
    public function array_distribute($array, $columns) {
        $distributed = array_fill(0, $columns, []);
        while (!empty($array)) {
            array_push($distributed[key($distributed)], array_shift($array));
            if (next($distributed) === false) {
                reset($distributed);
            }
        }
        return $distributed;
    }