Counting number of text lines

@criterion9Jul 22.2009 — #You might want to look at a javascript or css solution to that though css won't be able to add links by itself. Using javascript is probably your best bet since it will have the best access to the particulars of the rendering method and engine of the browser each user is using.

@MindzaiJul 22.2009 — #I'd disagree, this is perfectly possible, and probably easier, using PHP.

@derekjacksonauthorJul 23.2009 — #I'd disagree, this is perfectly possible, and probably easier, using PHP.[/QUOTE]

Good to hear - any ideas how?! ?

@MindzaiJul 23.2009 — #Firstly I would recommend against having a fixed width and fixed height element to fit your text into. Unless you are using a monospaced font you will never know if a certain block of text is going to fit. I would take the approach of fixing the width if necessary, but allowing some flexibility in the height of the block. You can then decide on a maximum number of characters to show on each page and display chunks.

This is a very basic example but it should give you an idea of one way to go about things:

[code=php]
 <?php
 
 $string = "This is a test string    whichnI will attempt to splitn into chunks and display";
 
 function string_chunks($string, $chunk_size = 500) {
 if (strlen($string) <= $chunk_size) {
 return $string;
 }
 $string = str_replace("n", "n ", $string);
 $words = array_chunk(preg_split('/ +/', $string), $chunk_size);
 return array_map('implode', $words, array_fill(0, sizeof($words), ' '));
 }
 
 $pages = string_chunks($string, 4);
 $num_pages = sizeof($pages);
 
 if (!$num_pages) {
 echo "<p>No text to display!</p>";
 } elseif (isset($_GET['page']) && array_key_exists($_GET['page'] - 1, $pages)) {
 echo $pages[$_GET['page'] - 1];
 } else {
 echo $pages[0];
 }
 
 ?>
 
 <ul class="pagination">
 <?php for ($i=1; $i<=$num_pages; $i++): ?>
 <li><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>?page=<?php echo $i ?>">Page <?php echo $i ?></a></li>
 <?php endfor ?>
 </ul>[/code]

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