From: l dot nanetti at rug dot nl Operating system: windows PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: string padding doesn't work with default
Description: ------------ what I want to do: left-padding a string with spaces. In this example, up to 30 charachters. code snippet: <?php $mystring = 'Luca Nanetti'; $formatstring = "[%30s]"; $fstring = sprintf($formatstring, $mystring); echo $fstring; ?> expected: [ Luca Nanetti] what I get is instead a one-charachter padding, i.e. the string is left padded with only one space: [ Luca Nanetti] it successfully works with the number 0: using "[%030s]" I get [000000000000000000Luca Nanetti] it successfully works with custom padding, "[%'#30s]" Additional informations: - Abyss web server, accessed locally on 127.0.0.1:8000 - modules: PDO, PDO_SQLITE, MCRYPT Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $mystring = 'Luca Nanetti'; $formatstring = "[%30s]"; $fstring = sprintf($formatstring, $mystring); echo $fstring; ?> Expected result: ---------------- [ Luca Nanetti] Actual result: -------------- [ Luca Nanetti] -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43829&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43829&r=mysqlcfg
