[RESOLVED] standard table size

[mikawhat]

I have a table with width=100. Sometimes when there's a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong word in the table it will make the table bigger in order to display the word in one line. is there a way to avoid this thing as it changes the whole website's layout.

[NogDog]

A couple possibilities:
1. Don't allow data with words longer than X number of characters, e.g.:

if(preg_match('/\S{15}/', $text))
{
   // error
}

2. Output the text inside of a <p> or <div> element which has a fixed width and overflow: auto (which will cause a horizontal scrollbar to appear if the text won't fit horizontally:

<td><p style="width: 90px; overflow: auto;">blah blah blahhhhhhhhhhhhh</p></td>

[mikawhat]

I used the first way as the second will display scroll bars that doesn't look nice.

if(!preg_match('/\S{20}/', $text)) 
{ 
   echo "$text";
} 

Thanx for your help

[Weedpacket]

You could also specify other values for the overflow property, but tradeoffs are inevitable.