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

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" <aphrodit@iafrica.com>
To: "php" <php-general@lists.php.net>
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