Re: [PHP] Formatting plain text file
Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, Am I brain fading or what? I'm so used to formatting text in tables for HTML display I can't think of how to do it for a plain text file. I just need to create a columned table of names and addresses type stuff... sprintf? or a little str_pad on each variable... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Formatting plain text file
Jim Lucas wrote: Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, Am I brain fading or what? I'm so used to formatting text in tables for HTML display I can't think of how to do it for a plain text file. I just need to create a columned table of names and addresses type stuff... sprintf? or a little str_pad on each variable... Sure, that will do it. But isn't there some way to construct formatted tables similar to HTML? -- Skip Evans Big Sky Penguin, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison WI 53703 608.250.2720 http://bigskypenguin.com Those of you who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. -- Kurt Vonnegut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Formatting plain text file
Skip Evans wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, Am I brain fading or what? I'm so used to formatting text in tables for HTML display I can't think of how to do it for a plain text file. I just need to create a columned table of names and addresses type stuff... sprintf? or a little str_pad on each variable... Sure, that will do it. But isn't there some way to construct formatted tables similar to HTML? You can use a combination of wordwrap(), str_pad(), and swathe of judicious (but simplistic) math :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Formatting plain text file
On 07/30/2009 06:29 PM, Skip Evans wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, Am I brain fading or what? I'm so used to formatting text in tables for HTML display I can't think of how to do it for a plain text file. I just need to create a columned table of names and addresses type stuff... sprintf? or a little str_pad on each variable... Sure, that will do it. But isn't there some way to construct formatted tables similar to HTML? Are you thinking of a CSV file that you can open in a spreadsheet prog? Or, do you literally mean a plaintext file with columns? For the latter, you'd need to measure the max char length of each column for every line in the file, then go back and print each line using str_pad(). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Formatting plain text file
?php
//assuming you have a 2d matrix $table
$table = array(
array(c11, c12, c13),
array(c21, c22, c23)
);
foreach($table as $rows) {
$row = vsprintf(str_repeat(%-10s, count($rows)), $rows);
echo {$row}br /\n;
}
wont this do ?
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