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Php Function To Split A Description Into Lines 68 Chars Long


kevinkhan

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Im just wondering if anyone can help me out. Iv been trying to figure this out all day.

I have these variables

 

$booking['occasion']
$booking['date']
$booking['venue']

 

and I want to make a description out of them like this.

 

$description = "Deposit for supplying a DJ for an $occasion on the

$date in the $venue";

 

I want to display the description over 3 or 4 lines in a pdf file like this

 

$pdf->writeHTMLCell(139, 5, '20', '125', $line1, '', 1, 1, true, 'L', true);
$pdf->writeHTMLCell(139, 5, '25', '125', $line2, '', 1, 1, true, 'L', true);
$pdf->writeHTMLCell(139, 5, '30', '125', $line3, '', 1, 1, true, 'L', true);
$pdf->writeHTMLCell(139, 5, '35', '125', $line4, '', 1, 1, true, 'L', true);
$pdf->writeHTMLCell(139, 5, '40', '125', $line5, '', 1, 1, true, 'L', true);

 

I want to wrap the description to a next line after every 68 characters but only want to wrap after completed words

 

Can anyone help me create a function to split the desicprtion into 3 or 4 lines so far I have this code which I know is along the lines that I want.

 

$description = "Deposit for suppling a DJ and Equipment for a $occasion on the
$date in $venue";
$decriptionLength = strlen($description);
if($decriptionLength <= 68){
   $line1 = $description;    
}
elseif($decriptionLength > 68)
{
   $line1 = substr($description, 0, 68);
   $line2 = substr($description, 68, 136);
}

 

This code will wrap the text even in the middle of a word so I don’t want this.

I know this might be a lot to ask but if anyone can come up with some code I would be greatly appreciated.

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