[SOLVED] stop the text at the end of the cell

[dachshund]

hey,

 

does anyone know how to use php to limit the text to only filling the cell without stretching it?

 

for example if it looks like this at the moment

 

 

then how do i make the text fill up to the bottom of the cell?

 

at the moment I have to make a separate row in my mysql in which i type the cut down content that goes there myself.

 

let me know if you can help.

 

thanks

 

 

 

 

[Daniel0]

Use a combination of strlen and substr to truncate it.

 

$text = 'bla bla bla';

if (strlen($text) > 100) {
$text = substr($text, 0, 97) . '...';
}

 

That will ensure that $text never becomes longer than 100 characters (including the trailing dots).

[dachshund]

ok cool, i understand now.

 

one last thing, how do i set the $text or the 'bla bla bla' to be <? echo $rows['condensedcontent']; ?> ?

[Ken2k7]

Are you serious? You would set it to $row['condensedcontent'], and after the if statement Daniel0 posted, you do echo $text.

[dachshund]

ok thanks got it, sorry i did think that was it but it wasn't working before because of another error i had. all fixed, cheers.