RE: [PHP] text wrap in table

<rant on> Please, DO NOT USE the <pre> tag, or fonts fixed in point size. You have no control over the device which will display the page, let the web function the way it's supposed to. Users run screens at various resolutions, in Windows maybe large fonts or small fonts. If the user wants bigger type, then let her kick up the font size in the browser. Why? I'm 53 years old, my father is 84, and my oldest child is 16. Our visual acuity varies greatly. <rant off> Direct the client to sites like salon, which are elegantly done with the goal of readability and clarity on the screen. Or LinuxToday. For the opposite, kick your monitor to high resolution, then go to some of the dipstick sites linked from msn.com, e.g.www.bcentral.com/resource/articles/homeoffice/101.asp, and then try the "Print-friendly" version. It still displays and prints in about 9 pt type. Persuade the client that the web is a different medium, and presentation has to change. If they resist, then generate PDF's and call by reference from the database. Regards - Miles Thompson At 03:47 AM 8/24/01 -0500, Navid Yar wrote:

Have you tried using the <nobr> tag along with the <pre> tag? The <nobr> tag will not allow the text to wrap. You can use it outside the <pre> tags and see what you come up with. It sounds simple, but it may provide you with the solution that you need. Navid -----Original Message----- From: Adrian D'Costa [mailto:adrian@pcsadvt.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:36 PM To: php general list Subject: [PHP] text wrap in table Hi, I am creating a program for a newspaper to publish their article online. There is a form what allows them to cut and past from their editors (word, pagemaker, staroffice). The data is being entered correctly. The problem is when I try and get the data from the table the whole matter scrolls off the screen. I need it to be formatted as the client cut and pastes it (headings, paras, etc). Below is my table and part of my program. mysql> desc newsarticles; +----------+--------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+

| Field    | Type         | Null | Key | Default    | Extra          |

+----------+--------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+

| id       | int(5)       |      | PRI | NULL       | auto_increment |
| nid      | int(5)       |      | MUL | 0          |                |
| headline | varchar(100) |      |     |            |                |
| article  | mediumtext   |      |     |            |                |
| date     | date         |      |     | 0000-00-00 |                |
| imgpath  | varchar(200) | YES  |     | NULL       |                |

+----------+--------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+

        <html>
        <head>
        <title><? echo $row->headline; ?></title>
        </head>

        <body bgcolor="white">
        <h1 align="center"><? echo $row->headline; ?></h1>
        <h3 align="center"><? echo $row->description; ?></h3>
        <table width="600" border="1">
        <tr>
                <td valign="top" width="70%"><font

face="Arial" size="2" color="blue"><strong><? echo $sd ."-". $sm ."-". $sy; ?></strong><br><pre><? echo $row->article; ?></pre></font></td>

                <td valign="top" width="30%"><img src="<? echo

$row->imgpath; ?>" <? echo $iwh[3]; ?> ></td>

        </tr>
        </table>
        </body>
        </html>

I use the <pre></pre> to display with the line breaks. If I take of the <pre> it does not wrap but does not give the breaks. To my thinking maybe while entering the data we should give break the lines physically. This is part of my entry form. <tr>

        <td><font face="Arial" size="2">HeadLine</font></td>
        <td><input type="text" name="headline" size="30">

</tr> <tr>

        <td><font face="Arial" size="2">Article</font></td>
        <td><textarea name="article" cols="60" rows="10"></textarea></td>

</tr> <tr>

        <td><font face="Arial" size="2">Upload Image</font></td>
        <td><input type="file" name="userfile" size="30" wrap=ON></td>

</tr> <tr align="center">

        <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>

</tr> How do I get the text not to wrap and to preserve the formatting given by the client. Adrian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net