March 11, 2017

Codeigniter Typography Helper

Codeigniter Typography Helper – Codeigniter Typography Helper contains functions it will help us Formatting the text in an appropriate manner likes wrapping with paragraphs, convert break line into dash and ellipses. $this->load->helper(‘typography’); is used to load the helper. Here in this tutorial, we are going to explain how to use Typography helper in CodeIgniter.

Codeigniter Typography Helper Example

Let us first see how to load Typography helper in codeigniter and then use its function-

Load Typography Helper

How To Load Typography Helper in Codeingniter Example:

 
$this->load->helper('typography');

Functions:-

There are many functions are available in Typography helper. Now we will explain one by one with example.

1. typography-safe string
2. formatted line breaks string
3. decoded entities string

1. typography-safe string

Syntax of typography-safe string function is

Syntax of typography-safe string function is:-

auto_typography($str[$reduce_linebreaks = FALSE])

Parameters:

$str (string) : Input string
$reduce_linebreaks (bool) : Whether to reduce multiple instances of double newlines to two
Returns : HTML-formatted typography-safe string
Return type : string

EXAMPLE

Here is simple example of typography-safe string.

typography-safe string in Codeigniter Example:-

//Controllers part
public function typographyCheck()
	{
		$this->load->helper('typography');
		$this->load->view('typography_view');
	}

// Views parts
<?php
$string = "This is a\n\nstring!";
$string = auto_typography($string);
echo $string;
?>

This Helper Convert New Lines to Paragraph

The output will be like this –

2. formatted line breaks string

Syntax of formatted line breaks string function is

Syntax of formatted line breaks string function is:-

nl2br_except_pre($str)

Parameters:

$str (string) : Input string
Returns : String with HTML-formatted line breaks
Return type : string

EXAMPLE

Here is simple example of formatted line breaks string.

formatted line breaks string in Codeigniter Example:-



// Views parts
<?php
$string = "Hello \n\nSolidCoupon!";
$string = nl2br_except_pre($string);
echo $string;
?>

This Helper Convert New Lines to Break Lines

The output will be like this –

3. decoded entities string

Syntax of decoded entities string function is

Syntax of decoded entities string function is:-

entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL)

Parameters:

$str (string) : Input string
$charset (string) : Character set
Returns : String with decoded HTML entities
Return type : string

EXAMPLE

Here is simple example of decoded entities string.

decoded entities string in Codeigniter Example:-



// Views parts

The output will be like this –

Codeigniter Typography Helper