On Friday 27 May 2005 04:49, mayo wrote: > I need to be able to format data. > > Printf() is perfect because I need a certain amount of characters (30 > for address). > > However I need this formatted data to be inside a file that's fwrite() > and then FTPed to a distributor who will parse it and input into their > database. Use sprintf see: http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php Si -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simon Rees Â| Âtech-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Â| ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php