str_pad() function pads string to length pad_length with a specified characters : str_pad « String « PHP






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str_pad() function pads string to length pad_length with a specified characters

 
Its syntax is: string str_pad (string input, int pad_length [, string pad_string [, int pad_type]])

If pad_string is not specified, string will be padded with blank spaces. 

pad_type may be assigned STR_PAD_RIGHT, STR_PAD_LEFT, or STR_PAD_BOTH

This example shows how to pad a string using str_pad() defaults:
<?
$food = "salad";
print str_pad ($food, 5);    
?>








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