diff --git a/core/smn_string.cpp b/core/smn_string.cpp
index 6b03c308..abc75697 100644
--- a/core/smn_string.cpp
+++ b/core/smn_string.cpp
@@ -479,6 +479,40 @@ static cell_t TrimString(IPluginContext *pContext, const cell_t *params)
 	return bytes;
 }
 
+static cell_t SplitString(IPluginContext *pContext, const cell_t *params)
+{
+	char *text, *split;
+	
+	pContext->LocalToString(params[1], &text);
+	pContext->LocalToString(params[2], &split);
+
+	size_t maxLen = (size_t)params[4];
+	size_t textLen = strlen(text);
+	size_t splitLen = strlen(split);
+
+	if (splitLen > textLen)
+	{
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (size_t i=0; i<textLen - splitLen; i++)
+	{
+		if (strncmp(&text[i], split, splitLen) == 0)
+		{
+			/* Split hereeeee */
+			if (i >= maxLen)
+			{
+				pContext->StringToLocalUTF8(params[3], maxLen, text, NULL);
+			} else {
+				pContext->StringToLocalUTF8(params[3], i+1, text, NULL);
+			}
+			return (cell_t)(i + splitLen);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 REGISTER_NATIVES(basicStrings)
 {
 	{"BreakString",			BreakString},
@@ -495,6 +529,7 @@ REGISTER_NATIVES(basicStrings)
 	{"IsCharUpper",			IsCharUpper},
 	{"ReplaceString",		ReplaceString},
 	{"ReplaceStringEx",		ReplaceStringEx},
+	{"SplitString",			SplitString},
 	{"strlen",				sm_strlen},
 	{"StrBreak",			BreakString},		/* Backwards compat shim */
 	{"StrContains",			sm_contain},
diff --git a/plugins/include/string.inc b/plugins/include/string.inc
index dc62e309..816234a2 100644
--- a/plugins/include/string.inc
+++ b/plugins/include/string.inc
@@ -216,6 +216,19 @@ stock StrBreak(const String:source[], String:arg[], argLen)
 	return BreakString(source, arg, argLen);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns text in a string up until a certain character sequence is reached.
+ *
+ * @param source		Source input string.
+ * @param part			Buffer to store string part.
+ * @param partLen		Maximum length of the string part buffer.
+ * @param split			A string which specifies a search point to break at.
+ * @return				-1 if no match was found; otherwise, an index into source
+ *						marking the first index after the searched text.  The
+ *						index is always relative to the start of the input string.
+ */
+native SplitString(const String:source[], const String:split[], String:part[], partLen);
+
 /**
  * Given a string, replaces all occurrences of a search string with a 
  * replacement string.
@@ -373,3 +386,79 @@ stock StrCat(String:buffer[], maxlength, const String:source[])
  * @return				Number of bytes written (UTF-8 safe).
  */
 native TrimString(String:str[]);
+
+/**
+ * Breaks a string into pieces and stores each piece into an array of buffers.
+ *
+ * @param text				The string to split.
+ * @param split				The string to use as a split delimiter.
+ * @param buffers			An array of string buffers (2D array).
+ * @param maxStrings		Number of string buffers (first dimension size).
+ * @param maxStringLength	Maximum length of each string buffer.
+ * @return					Number of strings retrieved.
+ */
+stock ExplodeString(const String:text[], const String:split[], String:buffers[][], maxStrings, maxStringLength)
+{
+	new reloc_idx, idx, total;
+	
+	if (maxStrings < 1 || split[0] == '\0')
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	while ((idx = SplitString(text[reloc_idx], split, buffers[total], maxStringLength)) != -1)
+	{
+		reloc_idx += idx;
+		if (text[reloc_idx] == '\0')
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+		if (++total >= maxStrings)
+		{
+			return total;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if (text[reloc_idx] != '\0' && total <= maxStrings - 1)
+	{
+		strcopy(buffers[total++], maxStringLength, text[reloc_idx]);
+	}
+	
+	return total;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Joins an array of strings into one string, with a "join" string inserted in
+ * between each given string.  This function complements ExplodeString.
+ *
+ * @param strings		An array of strings.
+ * @param numStrings	Number of strings in the array.
+ * @param join			The join string to insert between each string.
+ * @param buffer		Output buffer to write the joined string to.
+ * @param maxLength		Maximum length of the output buffer.
+ * @return				Number of bytes written to the output buffer.
+ */
+stock ImplodeStrings(const String:strings[][], numStrings, const String:join[], String:buffer[], maxLength)
+{
+	new total, length, part_length;
+	new join_length = strlen(join);
+	for (new i=0; i<numStrings; i++)
+	{
+		length = strcopy(buffer[total], maxLength-total, strings[i]);
+		total += length;
+		if (length < part_length)
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+		if (i != numStrings - 1)
+		{
+			length = strcopy(buffer[total], maxLength-total, join);
+			total += length;
+			if (length < join_length)
+			{
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return total;
+}