Hi everyone, this looks like a great forum for getting some assistance on my newly started adventures in PHP... look forward to talking with you all...
I have a problem I'm hoping PHP can fix:
I have a script that will put a block of text into a table cell from a database. And I am using three image files as a border on the top, right and bottom of the table cell that has the text. The width of the table is always the same, so the images for the top and bottom never have to change. But the image that runs along the right of the text has to stretch so it's the same height as the cell with the text (it's just a line with a drop-shadow, so it doesn't distort when stretched).
My question is this: is there a way using PHP to make the right-side image automatically match the height of the text cell, when the height of the text cell varies?
If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it a ton. Maybe tables isn't the right way to do this?
Cheers
Resize an image's height in a table according to content
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arrr_matey
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Re: Resize an image's height in a table according to content
CSS 3 will make things easier, but until then you can use the repeat-y property of background images.
Three images to form the top and width of the table. The height will expand automatically.
Then three columns in the body: left and right are empty with a background image (repeated along the height) and the middle is where stuff goes.
Whether using tables for this is right or wrong is debatable. I'd prefer CSS, but there's a great simplicity that a table can provide that CSS cannot - yet.
Three images to form the top and width of the table. The height will expand automatically.
Then three columns in the body: left and right are empty with a background image (repeated along the height) and the middle is where stuff goes.
Whether using tables for this is right or wrong is debatable. I'd prefer CSS, but there's a great simplicity that a table can provide that CSS cannot - yet.
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arrr_matey
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Re: Resize an image's height in a table according to content
I forgot to post a thank you, but this worked very well...
so thanks!!!
so thanks!!!