[SOLVED] Word wrapping effectively to avoid ruining my layout

[HoTDaWg]

hey guys,

 

so in my textarea im using wrap="virtual" and it gets the job done.  The problem is that if a user were to type in a long string of A's or paste a link for example, this ruins my design when it shows up. 

 

Currently I am utilizing the word wrap function to place a <br> every 50 characters (which is how much, approximately width-wise, my textarea can hold per line); the problem is that assuming a user were to type his comment spread out on multiple lines, it would create a <br> for no reason just because its the 50th character, this is effecting my emoticon system.

 

here is a copy of the code:

<?php
$codes = array(''=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_tongue.png">',
	''=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_unhappy.png">',
	 ''=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_wink.png">',
	'XD'=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_evilgrin.png">',
	''=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_happy.png">',
	''=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_smile.png">',
	''=>'<img src="includes/images/emoticon_surprised.png">');
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
	$newnewcomment = $row['comment_comment'];
	$dacomment = stripslashes($newnewcomment);
	$newnewnewcomment = wordwrap($dacomment,'50','<br>',true);
	$finalcomment = str_replace(array_keys($codes),array_values($codes),$newnewnewcomment);
	$comments .= '<hr><b>'.$row['comment_name'].'</b> Wrote on '
		. date('l, F jS, Y g:i A',$row['comment_date']).':<br><br>'
		. $finalcomment . '<br>';

}
?>

even if i placed the line that substitutes emoticons in front of the line that wraps the word, the wordwrap would include the <img src> tags and consider them as characters, it would place breaks within the image tags...

 

any ideas guys?:S

 

thanks,

 

HoTDawg

[smerny]

try using the nl2br() function instead of the wordwrap... i'm not sure if thats what you're looking for so check it and see if it is

[HoTDaWg]

nl2br does not work for me because assuming the user was to hold down the "a" key, a series of A's would appear and there would be no line breaks at all, this series of A's would need seperation as it could potentially ruin my layout. Thats why i have been using wordwrap, because it wraps long series of texts anyways, whether they have a /n or not

 

right now im thinking to create a custom function, that based on if the string has spaces it would put in a <br>

 

any other ideas?

[smerny]

you'll find this helpful, i believe

 

http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-168890.html

[HoTDaWg]

yes thank you so much...

you've saved me from a whole lotta headaches!