wrap text

[bnashenas1984]

Hello everyone
as you see below i have a table which contains some text. The text written in this table comes from a database which is sent by users.
My problem is that if some user writes a text without spaces longer than this table then the table will be stretched but i want the text to be wraped instead ( break )

[code=php]
<table width="100" >
<tr>
<td>

<?PHP
print $text;
?>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
[/code]

[Atli]

Hi.

Check out the wordwrap() function.

P.S. Please post your code inside [code] tags.

[Deepamathi]

Use the style WORD-BREAK:BREAK-ALL; the breaking happens even if there is no delimiters in the text

[kovik]

Use the style WORD-BREAK:BREAK-ALL; the breaking happens even if there is no delimiters in the text

I'd recommend the wordwrap() route. word-break is relatively new to the CSS spec (I believe it is a CSS3 property) and not all browsers support it (all *major* browsers do though, but wordwrap() gives you more control and less risk). Also, you can add a character such as "-" to indicate line wrapping.

[bnashenas1984]

thanks for your replies...
But the problem with wordwrap() is that characters are not allways with the same size ... I mean ok if the text is like ( WWWWW ) then i know that i have to break it one the 5th letter BUT what if the text is like ( iiiiii ) ? then its not the same lenght.

look what happens if for example i break thiese texts on the 5th letter

WWWWW
WWWWW
WWWWW

Looks fine
BUT :

iiiii iiiii iiiii
iiiii iiiii iiiii
iiiii iiiii iiiii

is there any way to break the text using the lenght.. for example : wrap the text exactly where it gets longer than 200 pixels

So i think the CSS command will work better but as you said its not supported by all browsers

[Atli]

You could try using a font where all characters are equally wide, like say 'Courier New'.

I'd be very careful if using a CSS property that has as little support as the word-break: break-all property. It may cause more problems than it solves.

[bnashenas1984]

Thanks again for your help..
Thats a good idea to use a font with the same size characters. I will use something like this on my website but there must be a way to use another fonts...
I mean i'v seen more than thusands of websites which show users text,profile and many things which contain texts entered by users and not only with these kind of fonts..

Anyways I'll send a reply as soon as i get any answer for this question

Thanks again for your help