of course, you can specify the optional argument STR_PAD_LEFT like: $dbranch = str_pad($line->dbranch_no, 6, '', STR_PAD_LEFT);
Enjoy, Nitin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Grigor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 4:49 PM Subject: [PHP] str_pad This should be quite an easy task for some... say for example $line->dbranch has a value of 3 I know that 3 spaces will be added on to the end of $dbranch $dbranch = str_pad($line->dbranch_no, 6); so the value of $dbranch should look like "3 " Is there anyway to right justify the 3 using str_pad .. example still put the 3 spaces in but at the beginning??? so it looks like " 3" Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
