Re: Add spaces to a string

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On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 09:32, Phpu wrote:
> How to add a specified number of spaces to a string  
> 
> I use this but won't work if  $spaces is less than the length of the $string 
> 
> $string = "bla bla bla";
> $spaces = 5;
> $string = str_pad($string, $spaces, " ");

Assuming you don't want padding since the above doesn't generate what
you want... try the following:

 $string = "bla bla bla";
 $spaces = 5;
 $string .= str_repeat( ' ', 5 );

Cheers,
Rob.
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