maybe somehow with a substr function that gets the position of the last paragraph ??
> ok let me explain , its straight up text content from the database , > say its scrolls for ages , i need to split it into pages , so i get the > length of the string up to the last paragraph which fits i need to > split it there any idea ? > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:35 PM said: >> >>> hi there , i have an issue trying to split content into pages , we >>> have a popup with content and a background image with a set height , >>> when there is more content the background repeats , theoretically i'd >>> want to split the content into pages after a given length or line >>> length or where it meets the background image height how can i do >>> this ? >> >> This can be easy. >> >> 1. Make sure the content does not adjust itself based on the size of >> the browser window. That is to say that the space that contains the >> content should be a fixed width. >> >> 2. Then you need to calculate how many words you can legitimately fit >> into this fixed space without going over. >> >> If you 150 words will fit in the space but go right up to the very >> edge and are almost spilling into a new "page" you should pull the >> number of words back to 120 or something to try and make sure that the >> text will not spill over. >> >> You can be more precise if you use a fixed width font like Courier >> New. If you use a variable width font (not sure if that is the >> technical term) you'll have to do a little more guessing because 10 >> i's are not the same width as 10 w's. >> >> >> hth, >> chris. >> >> p.s. There is no space before a comma! > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
