shorten the length of a word within a string?

[izbryte]

I have a table that is supposed to be only 400 pixels wide where I'm posting some articles that are pulled out of a mysql database using PHP. Sometimes the articles will contain a really long URL and it pushes the width of my table column so that it's larger than 400 pixels. Is there a way I can control the size of the URL or force it to break and continue on the next line?

[only one]

Your table should stick to the width it's set to, try using divs instead of tables.

 

Check the substr manual.

[PHP_PhREEEk]

Try locking down your table cell data with

<td width="400">

 

Text should then automatically flow down without blowing out the cell.

 

You might also consider using a replace function to shorten or remove full URLs.

 

Example:

 

raw URL:
http://somesubdomain.someactualdomain.com/a_file_path/file_path_2/theActualFile.php

converted:
<a href="http://somesubdomain.someactualdomain.com/a_file_path/file_path_2/theActualFile.php">http://somesubdomain.someact...</a>

// only http://somesubdomain.someact... will print to the table, anchored with a hyperlink

or

<a href="http://somesubdomain.someactualdomain.com/a_file_path/file_path_2/theActualFile.php">Short Link Description</a>

 

PhREEEk

[izbryte]

Ok, but is it possible to shorten just the URL that's in the article? I've tried using the exact width but it's still not working. You can see what I mean here.

[PHP_PhREEEk]

You should use the second example I gave. Here's your proposed news article:

 

Gehry, Skanska Point

Fingers Over MIT Lawsuit

The suit, filed on October 31 at

Suffolk Superior Court, in

Boston, claims that “Gehry and

Skanska committed design and

construction failures on the

project which caused, among

other things, masonry cracking,

efflorescence, and poor drainage

at (Stata Center’s) outdoor

amphitheater; efflorescence and

mold growth at various locations

on the brick exterior vertical

elevations; Full Article by Sam

Lubell...

 

<td align="left" width="190" valign="middle">
  <b>Gehry, Skanska Point Fingers Over MIT Lawsuit</b>
  <br>
  The suit, filed on October 31 at Suffolk Superior Court, in Boston, claims that “Gehry and Skanska committed design and 
  construction failures on the project which caused, among other things, masonry cracking, efflorescence, and poor drainage 
  at (Stata Center’s) outdoor amphitheater; efflorescence and mold growth at various locations on the brick exterior vertical 
  elevations; <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071114gehry.asp" target="_blank">Full Article</a>
  by Sam Lubell
  <br>
  <div align="right">
    <a href="http://arkitectum.com/architect-jobs-forum/viewtopic.php?t=64" target="_self" class="small_grn_10">read more...</a>
  </div>
  <hr align="center" size="1" noshade color="#B1C3D9">
</td>

 

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