note 39797 added to function.pdf-show-boxed

Sometimes using pdf_show_boxed() is no help at all, such as in a parser, where you have html tags to mangle text with. Example: pdf_show_boxed() with text tokens and html tags will look like this: _____________________ | ------------------ | || text_box1 ||box| | | ------------ 2| | | ---- | | | | A PDF PAGE | |____________________| box 2 is where you changed to bold or italic in mid sentance, and now it moves down to next line, but at $x cor, or if your not using pdf_show_boxed ; but pdf_show_xy, it will trail into your right-margin or worse off the page Solution: Use a word chuck loop //Get space left to end of page $space = (612-$right_margin); //Get total length of text string $length = pdf_stringwidth($pdf, $text); //Check to see if there is enough space just //to dump text to page if($length > $space) { //Start a parser $count = strlen($text); for($i=o; $i<$count;) { //Get the first word in text string for($e=$i; $e<$count && substr($text, $e, 1)!=" "; $e++); //Put that word into a string (don't forget to +1 //for the space we used at stopping marker $string = substr($text, $i, ($e-$i)+1); //Now get the length of THAT text string $length = pdf_stringwidth($pdf, $string); if($length < $space) { pdf_show_xy($pdf, $string, $x, $y); $x = $x+$length; //Because this routine gets cycled everytime //you send text to it, make sure you update //how much space is left on the line $space = (612-36)-$x; } else { //Move down one line as there is no space //left, note that I use "2" as my padding, yours //may vary $y = $y - ($fontsize +2); $x = $left_margin; pdf_show_xy($pdf, $string, $x, $y); $x = $x+$length; $space = (612-36)-$x; } //Move the loop counter to end of this word + //the space we used as stop marker $i=$e+1; } } else { if($center == "1") { pdf_show_boxed($pdf, $text, 0, $y, 612, $fontsize, "center"); } else { pdf_show_xy($pdf, $text, $x, $y); } $x = $x + $length; } This is a part of a function I use, so it may look a little mangled, great for a starting point though. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pdf-show-boxed.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+39797 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+39797&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+39797&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php