At 29.04.2002 10:17, you wrote: > >In html/css you can set a font size in pixels -- in my experience this >means a letter takes the same number of pixels, regardless of >resolution. With php, can I use string length and font pixel size to >determine the length of a given string on a screen? Does anyone know an >algorithm for this that works for any/every font?
The chance that this works, even if you would have an algorithm is nearly null, as you don�t know which fonts are installed on the client, nor which version they have. Also what if the user disables JavaScript, then your nice css-stuff will not work either. To have text output to a specified length, you have to make it using gd. Then you are able to make a picture, containig the text you want . From this, you know it�s dimensions. but don�t forget the alt= attribute for people who have "load graphics" set off, or are not able to see graphics. HTH Oliver -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
