Date Wrapping

[glenelkins]

Hi

I have a date being displayed as such: 14-11-2005 with text before. Now if the text is long enough to make the date display at the end of the table cell, if wraps the date like this:

text text text 14-11
-2005

how can i stop this from happening so the whole date wraps round?

[448191]

You want the TD to adjust it's width to the content? If so, this is not a php question but a HTML/CSS one.

[glenelkins]

No, i want the <td> cell to remain, i want the whole date not part of it on the next line if it does not fit

[448191]

Ah, I see. Well I guess you'd have to know how many chars will fit on a single line, and if char count for preceding text plus the date exceed the maximum count, insert a newline before the date.

For example:
[code]<?php
$string = 'vktgudcvhkfkctgcjhvtghdc';
$date = '14-11-2006';
$maxchars = 20;
if(strlen($string.$date)>$maxchars){
$str = $string."\n".$date;
}
else {
$str = $string.$date;
}
echo nl2br($str);
?>[/code]

Alternatively, you could define a XML entity. That will probably screw up validation though...

Easier solution: don't use "-" but "/"...

[glenelkins]

Now why did i not think of that! Great answer thanks

[448191]

You're welcome. If you could please mark your thread [solved] in return, that'd be great.