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. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
