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display text in 2 cols -possible?
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| I call text from mysql.
Is it possible to display the text in 2 columns?
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| Zebrawszy mysli ashok <ashok@replyhere.com> wyklepal:
> I call text from mysql.
> Is it possible to display the text in 2 columns?
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ashok wrote:
> I call text from mysql.
> Is it possible to display the text in 2 columns?
Should be. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but if you
mean to retrieve a block of text and then format in 2 columns using CSS
or a table, etc. you could do something like....
1) Query MySQL to get the text you want as $text_block;
2) Get the length or word count of $text_block and divide it by two
(being careful not to split a word)
3) Put the first half in one <div> or <td> and the remainder in the
other.
Hope that helps. Provide more info and I may have a better answer.
Cheers,
D.
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> ashok wrote:
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> Should be. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but if you
> mean to retrieve a block of text and then format in 2 columns using CSS
> or a table, etc. you could do something like....
>
> 1) Query MySQL to get the text you want as $text_block;
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> 2) Get the length or word count of $text_block and divide it by two
> (being careful not to split a word)
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> 3) Put the first half in one <div> or <td> and the remainder in the
> other.
>
> Hope that helps. Provide more info and I may have a better answer.
>
> Cheers,
> D.
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yes, it is something like you mentioned. the website design needs to split
text in columns (2 and 3 columns depending on the page). it will be more
suitable to use table.
so, i currently have <?php echo $row_rsindexpage['text_page']; ?>
what gives me , say lorem ipsum text on the page. since i don't know what
the exact volume of text will be, i need to display the text in 2 or 3
columns , so that each column has app. same height.
i basically understand what you say, but since i am newbie, can u tell me
what functions i need ( especially- being careful not to split a word).
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| ok, i can get the word count, but i don't know how to spilt the actual text
in columns. Also, when I divide the word count, i get somwthing like 247.5
How should I actually divide the text, what function i should use?
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