direction

[David]

Hello,

I'm trying to set the direction of a paragraph to rtl, either by <p dir="rtl"> or by <p style="direction:rtl">, but in both cases, it's ignored.

Can anyone advise if direction is supported, if yes, on which version and how to use it?

Thanks in advance,

David

[BrianS]

Directionality is not yet supported in the code. You would have to make the modifications you noted in your previous message.

[David]

Hi Brian,

 

Thank you for your prompt response.

 

I made the following adjustment:

$message = str_replace('dir="rtl"', 'align="right" style="font-family:arial; direction:rtl"', $message);

The problem is that although this line will be properly rendered:

<p><br /><p align="right" style="font-family:arial; direction:rtl">אני כותב בפונט אחר</p></p>

...this one (where there's an internal span in the line) will invert the order of the words in the line, as the align will not apply to the entire text:

<p><br /><p align="right" style="font-family:arial; direction:rtl">אני <strong>כותב</strong> באותו פונט</p></p>

as you can see in the attached.

 

Are there further development in this project and plans to add directionality in the near future?

 

Regards,

 

David

[BrianS]

The project is under active development, but I can't say that directionality will be supported in the near future. It would help to have someone fluent in a relevant language working on the code, but that's not the case right now.

I hate to see you go over this issue, but I can't promise support anytime soon. If your need is more pressing you might try the TCPDF or mPDF PHP libraries or, if you can install binaries on your server, PhantomJS.