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# str_pad

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5)

str_pad -- Дополняет строку другой строкой до заданной длины

## Описание

string str_pad ( string input, int pad_length [, string pad_string [, int pad_type]] )

Эта функция возвращает строку `input`, дополненную слева, справа или с обоих сторон до заданной аргументом `pad_length` длины строкой `pad_string`. По умолчанию `pad_string` содержит пробел.

Необязательный аргумент `pad_type` может иметь значение `STR_PAD_RIGHT`, `STR_PAD_LEFT` или `STR_PAD_BOTH`, по умолчанию `STR_PAD_RIGHT`.

Если `pad_length` меньше длины строки `input`, строка возвращается без изменений.

Пример 1. Пример использования str_pad()

`<?php
$input = "Alien";
echo str_pad($input, 10); // выводит "Alien "
echo str_pad($input, 10, "-=", STR_PAD_LEFT); // выводит "-=-=-Alien"
echo str_pad($input, 10, "_", STR_PAD_BOTH); // выводит "__Alien___"
echo str_pad($input, 6 , "___"); // выводит "Alien_"
?>`

> Замечание: `pad_string` может быть обрезан, если необходимое количество дополнительных символов не делится нацело на длину строки `pad_string`.

add a note User Contributed Notes
str_pad
Charles
05-Dec-2006 03:53
`More corrections to the original flap / Tomek Krzeminski code below (well someone has to check it!) -- the code is a bit mangled but it is still the same:
<?php
function mb_str_pad($ps_input, $pn_pad_length, $ps_pad_string = " ", $pn_pad_type = STR_PAD_RIGHT, $ps_encoding = NULL) {
$ret = "";
if (is_null($ps_encoding))
$ps_encoding = mb_internal_encoding();
$hn_length_of_padding = $pn_pad_length - mb_strlen($ps_input, $ps_encoding);
$hn_psLength = mb_strlen($ps_pad_string, $ps_encoding); // pad string length
if ($hn_psLength <= 0 || $hn_length_of_padding <= 0) {
// Padding string equal to 0:
//
$ret = $ps_input;
}
else {
$hn_repeatCount = floor($hn_length_of_padding / $hn_psLength); // how many times repeat
if ($pn_pad_type == STR_PAD_BOTH) {
$hs_lastStrLeft = "";
$hs_lastStrRight = "";
$hn_repeatCountLeft = $hn_repeatCountRight = ($hn_repeatCount - $hn_repeatCount % 2) / 2;
$hs_lastStrLength = $hn_length_of_padding - 2 * $hn_repeatCountLeft * $hn_psLength; // the rest length to pad
$hs_lastStrLeftLength = $hs_lastStrRightLength = floor($hs_lastStrLength / 2); // the rest length divide to 2 parts
$hs_lastStrRightLength += $hs_lastStrLength % 2; // the last char add to right side
$hs_lastStrLeft = mb_substr($ps_pad_string, 0, $hs_lastStrLeftLength, $ps_encoding);
$hs_lastStrRight = mb_substr($ps_pad_string, 0, $hs_lastStrRightLength, $ps_encoding);
$ret = str_repeat($ps_pad_string, $hn_repeatCountLeft) . $hs_lastStrLeft;
$ret .= $ps_input;
$ret .= str_repeat($ps_pad_string, $hn_repeatCountRight) . $hs_lastStrRight;
}
else {
$hs_lastStr = mb_substr($ps_pad_string, 0, $hn_length_of_padding % $hn_psLength, $ps_encoding); // last part of pad string
if ($pn_pad_type == STR_PAD_LEFT)
$ret = str_repeat($ps_pad_string, $hn_repeatCount) . $hs_lastStr . $ps_input;
else
$ret = $ps_input . str_repeat($ps_pad_string, $hn_repeatCount) . $hs_lastStr;
}
}
return $ret;
}
?>`
flap
26-Sep-2006 01:59
`here is some extension to Tomek Krzeminski example. It works correctly when length of pad_string is greater than 1
(orig by Tomek Krzeminski)
function m_str_pad($input, $pad_length, $pad_string = '', $pad_type = 1, $charset = null){
$str = '';
if ($charset==null)
$charset = mb_internal_encoding();
$length = $pad_length - mb_strlen($input, $charset);
$psLength = mb_strlen($pad_string); // pad string length
if ($psLength<=0 OR $length<=0){
// pad string equal 0
$str = $input;
}else{
// pad string AND space to padding is greater than 1
$repeatCount = floor($length/$psLength); // how many times repeat
$lastStr = substr($pad_string, 0, $length%$psLength); // last part of pad string
if($pad_type == STR_PAD_RIGHT){
$str = $input.str_repeat($pad_string, $repeatCount).$lastStr;
} elseif($pad_type == STR_PAD_LEFT){
$str = str_repeat($pad_string, $repeatCount).$lastStr.$input;
} elseif($pad_type == STR_PAD_BOTH){
$repeatCountLeft = 0;
$repeatCountRight = 0;
$lastStrLeft = '';
$lastStrRight = '';
if ($repeatCount%2==0){
// if is divisible 2
$repeatCountLeft = $repeatCountRight = floor($repeatCount/2);
}else{
// if not - has to dive to 2 same parts
$repeatCountLeft = $repeatCountRight = floor(($repeatCount-1)/2);
}
$lastStrLength = $length-2*$repeatCountLeft*$psLength; // the rest length to pad
$lastStrLeftLength = $lastStrRightLength = floor($lastStrLength/2); // ther rest length divide to 2 parts
$lastStrRightLength += $lastStrLength%2; // the last char add to right side
$lastStrLeft = substr($pad_string, 0, $lastStrLeftLength);
$lastStrRight = substr($pad_string, 0, $lastStrRightLength);
$str = str_repeat($pad_string,$repeatCountLeft).$lastStrLeft;
$str .= $input;
$str .= str_repeat($pad_string,$repeatCountRight).$lastStrRight;
} else{
$str = str_repeat($pad_string, $repeatCount).$lastStr.$input;
}
}
return $str;
}`
rafaeljaquestudojunto at gmail dot com
11-Sep-2006 05:43
`Looking forward to make some dynamic tabulation, i've noticed that the output appeared twice. I suppose that the parser recognize \t, \n and any other special character as a single character...
So.. If you need 4 tabulatins, just make...
<?php
print str_pad('',4,"\t");
?>`
Silvio Ginter (silvio dot ginter at gmx dot de)
15-Nov-2005 08:43
`Hello,
i updated the function in my last post. it should be much more performant now.
<?php
$string = 'this is a test';
$oldLen = strlen($string);
$direction = STR_PAD_BOTH;
echo $string.'<br>';
echo str_const_len($string, 101, '#', $direction).'<br>';
echo $string.'<br>';
echo str_const_len($string, $oldLen, '#', $direction).'<br>';
echo $string.'<br><br>'."\n";
/* This function is an extension to str_pad, it manipulates the referenced
string '$str' and stretches or reduces it to the specified length. It
returns the number of characters, that were added or stripped. */
function str_const_len(&$str, $len, $char = ' ', $str_pad_const = STR_PAD_RIGHT) {
$origLen = strlen($str);
if (strlen($str) < $len) { /* stretch string */
$str = str_pad($str, $len, $char, $str_pad_const);
}
else { /* reduce string */
switch ($str_pad_const) {
case STR_PAD_LEFT:
$str = substr($str, (strlen($str) - $len), $len);
break;
case STR_PAD_BOTH:
$shorten = (int) ((strlen($str) - $len) / 2);
$str = substr($str, $shorten, $len);
break;
default:
$str = substr($str, 0, $len);
break;
}
}
return ($len - $origLen);
}
?>`
Silvio Ginter (silvio dot ginter at gmx dot de)
15-Nov-2005 07:53
`Hello,
for anyone who needs this, I wrote this extension to str_pad. For details, just look at the comments.
<?php
$string = 'this is a test';
$oldLen = strlen($string);
$direction = STR_PAD_BOTH;
echo $string.'<br>';
echo str_const_len($string, 100, '#', $direction).'<br>';
echo $string.'<br>';
echo str_const_len($string, $oldLen, '#', $direction).'<br>';
echo $string.'<br><br>'."\n";
/* This function is an extension to str_pad. It manipulates the referenced
string '$str' and stretches or reduces it to the specified length. It
returns the number of characters, that were added or stripped. */
function str_const_len(&$str, $len, $char = ' ', $str_pad_const = STR_PAD_RIGHT) {
$dir = STR_PAD_RIGHT;
$origLen = strlen($str);
if (strlen($str) < $len) { /* stretch string */
$str = str_pad($str, $len, $char, $str_pad_const);
}
else { /* reduce string */
switch ($str_pad_const) {
case STR_PAD_LEFT:
$str = substr($str, (strlen($str) - $len), $len);
break;
case STR_PAD_BOTH:
/* reduce on both sides, beginning with the right one. */
while (strlen($str) > $len) {
if ($dir == STR_PAD_RIGHT) {
$str = substr($str, 0, (strlen($str) - 1));
$dir = STR_PAD_LEFT;
}
else {
$str = substr($str, 1);
$dir = STR_PAD_RIGHT;
}
}
break;
default:
$str = substr($str, 0, $len);
break;
}
}
return ($len - $origLen);
}
?>`
Michal Nazarewicz, min86 at tlen dot pl
24-Sep-2005 03:27
`Re ks:
Your function does something different if $padchar is not a chararcter but rather a string. Still, however, private's function may be simplified:
<?php
function str_pad_right($str, $pad, $len) {
return $str . str_pad('', $len, $pad);
}
function str_pad_left($str, $pad, $len) {
return str_pad('', $len, $pad) . $str;
}
function str_pad_both($str, $pad, $len) {
return ($s = str_pad('', $len, $pad)) . $str . $s;
}
?>`
ks
11-Aug-2005 12:57
`in reply to private dot email at optusnet dot com dot au:
you are defying the point of padding by adding a fixed amount of characters!
anyways, your functions are equivalent to the much simpler form of e.g.:
<?php
function str_pad_right($string, $padchar, $int) {
return $str . str_repeat($padchar, $int);
}
?>`
private dot email at optusnet dot com dot au
10-Aug-2005 05:04
`I wrote these 3 functions that live in a library i include in every programme. I find them useful, and the syntax is easy.
<?php
$str = "test";
function str_pad_right ( $string , $padchar , $int ) {
$i = strlen ( $string ) + $int;
$str = str_pad ( $string , $i , $padchar , STR_PAD_RIGHT );
return $str;
}
function str_pad_left ( $string , $padchar , $int ) {
$i = strlen ( $string ) + $int;
$str = str_pad ( $string , $i , $padchar , STR_PAD_LEFT );
return $str;
}
function str_pad_both ( $string , $padchar , $int ) {
$i = strlen ( $string ) + ( $int * 2 );
$str = str_pad ( $string , $i , $padchar , STR_PAD_BOTH );
return $str;
}
echo str_pad_left ( $str , "-" , 3 ); // Produces: ---test
echo str_pad_right ( $str , "-" , 3 ); // Produces: test---
echo str_pad_both ( $str , "-" , 3 ); // Produces: ---test---
?>
Hope this can help someone!`
Anloc <info NOSPAM at anloc dot net>
19-May-2005 09:41
`Tomek Krzeminski's iconv_str_pad modified for php 4 (iconv_strlen only works for php 5) courtesy of www.anloc.net
function iconv_str_pad( $input, $pad_length, $pad_string = '', $pad_type = 1, $charset = "UTF-8" )
{
$str = '';
// $length = $pad_length - iconv_strlen( $input, $charset );
$length = $pad_length - preg_match_all('/./u', $input, $dummy);
if( $length > 0)
{
if( $pad_type == STR_PAD_RIGHT )
{
$str = $input . str_repeat( $pad_string, $length );
} elseif( $pad_type == STR_PAD_LEFT )
{
$str = str_repeat( $pad_string, $length ) . $input;
} elseif( $pad_type == STR_PAD_BOTH )
{
$str = str_repeat( $pad_string, floor( $length / 2 ));
$str .= $input;
$str .= str_repeat( $pad_string, ceil( $length / 2 ));
} else
{
$str = str_repeat( $pad_string, $length ) . $input;
}
} else
{
$str = $input;
}
return $str;
}`
zubfatal <root at it dot dk>
27-Mar-2005 09:28
`<?php
/**
* str_pad_html - Pad a string to a certain length with another string.
* accepts HTML code in param: $strPadString.
*
* @name str_pad_html()
* @author Tim Johannessen <root@it.dk>
* @version 1.0.0
* @param string $strInput The array to iterate through, all non-numeric values will be skipped.
* @param int $intPadLength Padding length, must be greater than zero.
* @param string [$strPadString] String to pad $strInput with (default: &nbsp;)
* @param int [$intPadType] STR_PAD_LEFT, STR_PAD_RIGHT (default), STR_PAD_BOTH
* @return string Returns the padded string
**/
function str_pad_html($strInput = "", $intPadLength, $strPadString = "&nbsp;", $intPadType = STR_PAD_RIGHT) {
if (strlen(trim(strip_tags($strInput))) < intval($intPadLength)) {
switch ($intPadType) {
// STR_PAD_LEFT
case 0:
$offsetLeft = intval($intPadLength - strlen(trim(strip_tags($strInput))));
$offsetRight = 0;
break;
// STR_PAD_RIGHT
case 1:
$offsetLeft = 0;
$offsetRight = intval($intPadLength - strlen(trim(strip_tags($strInput))));
break;
// STR_PAD_BOTH
case 2:
$offsetLeft = intval(($intPadLength - strlen(trim(strip_tags($strInput)))) / 2);
$offsetRight = round(($intPadLength - strlen(trim(strip_tags($strInput)))) / 2, 0);
break;
// STR_PAD_RIGHT
default:
$offsetLeft = 0;
$offsetRight = intval($intPadLength - strlen(trim(strip_tags($strInput))));
break;
}
$strPadded = str_repeat($strPadString, $offsetLeft) . $strInput . str_repeat($strPadString, $offsetRight);
unset($strInput, $offsetLeft, $offsetRight);
return $strPadded;
}
else {
return $strInput;
}
}
?>`
Tomek Krzeminski
03-Feb-2005 01:20
`for those who want to pad strings in UTF-8 charset (for example)
(orig by bob)
---------------
private function iconv_str_pad( $input, $pad_length, $pad_string = '', $pad_type = 1, $charset = "UTF-8" )
{
$str = '';
$length = $pad_length - iconv_strlen( $input, $charset );
if( $length > 0)
{
if( $pad_type == STR_PAD_RIGHT )
{
$str = $input . str_repeat( $pad_string, $length );
} elseif( $pad_type == STR_PAD_LEFT )
{
$str = str_repeat( $pad_string, $length ) . $input;
} elseif( $pad_type == STR_PAD_BOTH )
{
$str = str_repeat( $pad_string, floor( $length / 2 ));
$str .= $input;
$str .= str_repeat( $pad_string, ceil( $length / 2 ));
} else
{
$str = str_repeat( $pad_string, $length ) . $input;
}
} else
{
$str = $input;
}
return $str;
}`
02-Nov-2004 05:15
`I just looked at bob[at]bobarmadillo[dot]coms version of str_pad and notice that he dint take into account the length of the padded string. He's assumed this is a single character, which the examples show it to be a string of characters.`
giorgio dot balestrieri at mail dot wind dot it
16-Sep-2004 02:06
`str_pad vs. sprintf 2nd round :)
After to have seen Rex and Squeegee results, I've ran the code again, using different OSs and PHP version.
Here my results:
OpenBSD & PHP 4.3.4
str_pad test started, please wait...
str_pad cycle completed in 88 seconds
sprintf test started, please wait...
sprintf cycle completed in 69 seconds
Windows XP & PHP 5.0.0
str_pad test started, please wait...
str_pad cycle completed in 33 seconds
sprintf test started, please wait...
sprintf cycle completed in 27 seconds
RedHat Linux 7.3 & PHP 4.3.3
str_pad test started, please wait...
str_pad cycle completed in 63 seconds
sprintf test started, please wait...
sprintf cycle completed in 43 seconds
sprintf seem to be faster yet, but considering Rex and Squeegee test, this cannot be considered always true... somebody want try more? Only to understand why... :)`
tacomage at NOSPAM dot devilishly-deviant dot net
07-Jul-2004 08:04
`If you want to pad a string to a certain screen length with &nbsp; or other HTML entities, but don't want to risk messing up any HTML characters inside the string, try this:
<?
function str_pad_as_single($input, $len, $pad, $flag=STR_PAD_RIGHT)
{
$trans=array('$'=>$input,' '=>$pad);
$output=str_pad('$',$len-strlen($input)+1,' ',$flag);
$output=strtr($output,$trans);
return $output;
}
echo str_pad_as_single('<img src="some.gif">',22,'&nbsp;');
// will output <img src="some.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;
echo str_pad_as_single('<img src="some.gif">',22,'&nbsp;',STR_PAD_BOTH);
// will output &nbsp;<img src="some.gif">&nbsp;
echo str_pad_as_single('<img src="some.gif">',22,'&nbsp;',STR_PAD_LEFT);
// will output &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="some.gif">
?>
It works by using single characters for str_pad, then replacing the characters with the full strings using strtr, so the two strings can't interfere with each other. It also conveniently has the same syntax as str_pad. Yes, I realize that spacing an image with text isn't the best idea, but it's just an example, it'll apply to other HTML as well :-P`
giorgio dot balestrieri at mail dot wind dot it
09-Mar-2004 08:49
`For number formatting (like writing numbers with leading zeroes etc.) , sprintf is much faster than str_pad.
Consider the following snippet (it take some minutes to run):
<?
echo "str_pad test started, please wait...\n";
$intStart = time();
for ($idx = 1; $idx <= 10000000; $idx++)
$strFoo = str_pad($idx, 10, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);
$intEnd = time();
echo "str_pad cycle completed in " . ($intEnd - $intStart) . " seconds\n";
echo "sprintf test started, please wait...\n";
$intStart = time();
for ($idx = 1; $idx <= 10000000; $idx++)
$strFoo = sprintf("%010d", $idx);
$intEnd = time();
echo "sprintf cycle completed in " . ($intEnd - $intStart) . " seconds\n";
?>
The str_pad cyle runs 80-100% slower on my pc...`
anon at example dot com
30-May-2003 10:50
`alternatively use substr_replace to zero pad:
$new_id = substr_replace("00000", $id, -1 * strlen($id));`
ed at bigoakpictures dot com
07-May-2003 03:25
`Combining it into a handy one liner could be:
$string = str_replace(" ", "&nbsp;", str_pad($string, 10, " ", STR_PAD_BOTH));`
tharkos at telefonica dot net
02-Apr-2003 09:24
`I think the simply way to print the special HTML character &nbsp; as string is usin the conversion types.
La manera m�s simple de utilizar el caracter especial de HTML &nbsp; como un string es usando la comversi�n de tipos
echo str_repeat("&nbsp".chr(59), 10)`
bob [at] bobarmadillo [dot] com
03-Dec-2002 09:22
`In a lot of cases you're better off using str_repeat if you want to use something like - it repeats the entire string.
Using str_repeat, I wrote a full string pad function that should closely mimic str_pad in every other way:
<?php
function full_str_pad($input, $pad_length, $pad_string = '', $pad_type = 0) {
$str = '';
$length = $pad_length - strlen($input);
if ($length > 0) { // str_repeat doesn't like negatives
if ($pad_type == STR_PAD_RIGHT) { // STR_PAD_RIGHT == 1
$str = $input.str_repeat($pad_string, $length);
} elseif ($pad_type == STR_PAD_BOTH) { // STR_PAD_BOTH == 2
$str = str_repeat($pad_string, floor($length/2));
$str .= $input;
$str .= str_repeat($pad_string, ceil($length/2));
} else { // defaults to STR_PAD_LEFT == 0
$str = str_repeat($pad_string, $length).$input;
}
} else { // if $length is negative or zero we don't need to do anything
$str = $input;
}
return $str;
}
$pad_me = "Test String";
echo '|'.full_str_pad($pad_me, 20, ' ')."|\n";
echo '|'.full_str_pad($pad_me, 20, ' ', STR_PAD_RIGHT)."|\n";
echo '|'.full_str_pad($pad_me, 20, ' ', STR_PAD_BOTH)."|\n";
?>`
david dot rensonnet at swing dot be
02-Dec-2002 03:18
`my solution to saveloywill at netscape dot net:
$myvar2="Alien";
$myvar=str_pad($myvar2,15," ",STR_PAD_RIGHT);
$myvar=str_replace(" ","&nbsp;",$myvar);
this way, only complete spaces will show up.
enjoy!
david rensonnet`
Fahad dot Gilani at anu dot edu dot au
02-Dec-2002 02:22
`Basically, *all* of you guys have a 'long' way of padding text with html tags (which includes &nbsp;) You dont even have to do a str_replace... try the following code and this will work with ANY html tag there is out there and you don't have to worry about tag character lengths so on and so forth:
<?
$text = "This is pretty interesting!";
$pad_string = "&nbsp;";
//Pad text on both sides
$text = str_pad($text, strlen($text)+(20*strlen($pad_string)), $pad_string, STR_PAD_BOTH);
print $text." Dont you think?";
?>
Will produce:
This is pretty interesting! Dont you think?
Cheers,
Fahad`
no dot spam at no dot spam dot no
26-Sep-2002 04:28
`there could already be spaces in the string.
1) strlen the string
2) replace spaces with "AUniqueString"
3) strlen the new string
4) compare the two strlen's
5) pad as needed considering the new strlen
6) finally, replace all "AUniqueString" 's with &nbsp; 's
hack & a half, slow as well i bet`
cd579 at hotmail dot com
22-Aug-2002 01:53
`Why not just use a space[' '] instead of a character that COULD be inside the string, and risk messing it up? Example:
$string = 'test';
$string = str_pad($string, 10, " ", STR_PAD_BOTH);
// $string now equals ' test'
$string = str_replace(" ", "&nbsp;", $string);`
mreilly at NOSPAM dot mac dot com
20-Aug-2002 11:23
`When provided with a string of characters as the pad value, str_pad uses all the characters as fill, and can leave partial strings. (eg. If the pad value is 'ABC' and it needs 5 characters to pad with, it outputs 'ABCAB'.) This is a problem when you want to pad with non-breaking spaces, the code for which is 6 characters long.
This can be resolved by first padding the string with a single character that won't be found in the strings such as * then doing a str_replace of * with &nbsp;.`
saveloywill at netscape dot net
10-Aug-2002 12:50
`Here is my solution to the above problem.
Simply place the code in question inbetween html <pre> tags, like this:
<?php
print "<pre>";
$input = "Alien";
print str_pad($input, 10);
print "*";
print "</pre>";
?>
Thanks.`
pozytron#mac#com
08-Jul-2002 02:20
`The trouble with cj@NOSPAM.ceejayoz.com's version over pestilenc@hotmail.com's is that many of the times it is used, it will end up with fragments of the "&nbsp;" code.
For example, the following code:
<?php
echo str_pad("TESTSTRING",60,"&nbsp;",STR_PAD_BOTH);
?>
produces the following HTML output:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&TESTSTRING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&`
cj at NOSPAM dot ceejayoz dot com
17-Jun-2002 12:38
`Another solution to no_email@php.net's problem would be to simply multiply the padding string by 6.
e.g.
$string = str_pad($string, 10, "&nbsp;", STR_PAD_BOTH);
becomes
$string = str_pad($string, 60, "&nbsp;", STR_PAD_BOTH);
which will avoid problems with the above solution, which will mess up text that has the * in it (or whichever character you're replacing)`
pestilenc at hotmail dot com
06-Jun-2002 04:26
`For me this worked.
$string = 'help';
#First, str_pad() with unique character.
$string = str_pad($string, 10, "*", STR_PAD_BOTH);
#$string = '***help***';
#Second, str_replace with '&nbsp;'
$string = str_replace("*", "&nbsp;", $string);`
no_email at php dot net
30-May-2002 10:34
`To convert your string couldnt you just use strval($var)?
What if you want non-breaking spaces? If I try to str_pad with "&nbsp;" PHP thinks my padding string is 6 characters, whn in HTML it is only one.`
jared at dctkc dot com
03-May-2002 04:25
`matthew.somerville's code did NOT work for me.
neither did bert@catsburg.com's.
neither did any other documentation.
(if I isolated the code by itself, they all worked; but in the context I was using it, $value was numeric, and there is NO WAY to force it to be a string in PHP).
I had to roll my own. I used 'trim' to _force_
the value of $value to be string, because as
long as PHP thought it was numeric, I could
not use any form of left-padding with zeros.
This worked (I use sprintf to left-pad
$value with zeros to a length of 4):
sprintf("%04s",trim($value));`
matthew dot somerville at trinity dot oxford dot ac dot uk
05-Aug-2001 06:53
`I find:
$mystr = substr("0000$mystr",-4)
(where the 0s are padding characters and -4 is the negative of the maxlength to pad to) is even simpler.`
rob at OhReally dot com
03-Mar-2001 03:34
`To reformat the date "3-3-2001" to "2001-03-03" you would use this regexp:
$newdate = preg_replace("/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/ie", "'\\3-'.str_pad('\\2', 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).'-'.str_pad('\\1', 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT)", $date);`
add a note
str_repeat str_ireplace

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