Description:
By creating a PDF from HTML if you use tables and you want the table cells to flow easily not depending on the width of a specific cell, a long text is not broken into multiple lines, but the cell is pushed until the end of the page, destroying the layout or overlapping with another cell.
Solution:
The first solution is to use max-width, which in theory would work, just that most of the PDF converters discard this property. Use of width is also not a solution, as the layout will look bad for a short text inside the cell.
The solution is to first calculate the length of the string, and for a longer one (whatever this means for each requirement) we can add a fix width css class :
<td class=”<?php echo (strlen($title) > 100) ? ‘long_title’ : ‘short_title’ ?>”>
<?php echo $title; ?>
</td>
Then create the style class .long_title :
.long_title {
width: 250px;
}
