Comments on: Pretty Word Wrapper with MooTools or PHP

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:07:14 +0000

I can’t get this to work. Am I doing something wrong?

I add the php code into the head but it doesn’t add a non-break-space

Can anyone point me to a working example?

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:45:09 +0000

You can stream line you code a little by changing the

arr[arr.length - 2] += ‘ ’ + arr[arr.length - 1];

arr.pop();

with
arr[arr.length - 2] += ‘ ’ + arr.pop();

You can do the same with the PHP too.

since the array Pop method both removes the last item in the array AND returns its value. Though this will not make a huge impact on the performance of the code it is code practice.

By: Dutchie

Dutchie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:56:41 +0000

Hmm.. I like this idea, but still the www is not a thing like print is in combination with InDesign (I reffuse to mention Quark, lol), which have advanced widow cut rules etc. build in. I mean, it’s not always appropriate to move the two last words to the next line as a default in various languages/situations.. then I rather blame the browser’s neanderthaler rudeness :)

But again, it’s an original idea which probably makes the headlines in most cases a bit nicer, and the JS is small (and php is fast).

By: Adriaan

Adriaan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:41:04 +0000

Ineresting approach, I use a little function that cuts the text off after a certain amount of characters and then adds … to it. Of course I’m checking correctly for things like, cutting at the first space before the max amount of chars, taking care of commas and hyphens, etc

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:44:45 +0000

Thanks Francis! Stupid WordPress…

By: Francis

Francis — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:43:02 +0000

Took me a while to understand what this was doing until I noticed that the is replaced by a blank space ‘ ‘ in the code!
Should read: $arr[count($arr) - 2].= ‘ ’.$arr[count($arr) - 1];

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:40:58 +0000

@Chris the Developer: How so?

By: Chris the Developer

Chris the Developer — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:36:20 +0000

Wouldn’t it be more safe-mode friendly if you used document.getElements() instead of $$?