Juan,
I'm not sure, but isn't there a wrap function?
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From: Juan Germano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:29 PM
Subject: [PHP] Cutting long strings for tables
> Hi. I use this function with the strings I'll be showing in tables to cut
> strings too long without spaces.
> To make it clear:
>
> <table width="50"><tr><td><?=$str?></td></tr></table>
>
> The table will be 50px width if $str isn't too long. Let's say:
> $str="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
> The table goes to hell.
> So:
> function cut_text($res,$long=15,$max=20){
> if ($max<=$long){$max=$long+2;}
> $ant="";
> while ($res!=$ant){
> $ant=$res;
> $res=addslashes($res);
> $res= preg_replace ("/(\w){".$max.",}/im","'.substr
(\\0,0,$long).'
> '.substr (\\0,$long,strlen('\\0')-$long).'",$res);
> $res=" return '$res';";
> $res=eval($res);
> }
> return $res;
> }
>
> For example:
> $str="Hello Howwwwwwwwwwwww arrrrreeeeeee yyyooooooouuuuuu";
> echo cut_text($str,7,10);
> Results in:
> Hello Howwwww wwwwwwww arrrrre eeeeee yyyoooo ooouuuuuu
>
> The idea is: any word longer than 20 chars will split into a chunk of 15
> and a chunk of 5. If you have a 45 chars string, it will leave you with
20,
> 20 and 5.
> It works fine with simple text, but with characters like ", / , $, etc.
> sometimes I have problems. I tried with quotemeta instead of addslashes
but
> the problem persists. Anyone have an idea?. If you want to test the code,
> just try with
> Testing \" quotes
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Juan I. Germano
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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