str_pad

Name:str_pad

Category:String

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Fill the string with a new length.

Example

Example 1

Fill the right side of the string to the new length of 30 characters:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello World"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">str_pad</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">30</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"."</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 2

Fill the left side of the string:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello World"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">str_pad</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">30</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"."</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token constant">STR_PAD_LEFT</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 3

Fill both sides of the string:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello World"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">str_pad</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$str</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">30</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">".:"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token constant">STR_PAD_BOTH</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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