Pad a String   PHP

Summary

Pad a string to a certain length with another string

• define
• example.php

str_pad ( string $input , int $pad_length [, string $pad_string = " " [, int $pad_type = STR_PAD_RIGHT ]] ) : string

<?php
$input = "Alien";
echo str_pad($input, 10);                      // produces "Alien     "
echo str_pad($input, 10, "-=", STR_PAD_LEFT);  // produces "-=-=-Alien"
echo str_pad($input, 10, "_", STR_PAD_BOTH);   // produces "__Alien___"
echo str_pad($input,  6, "___");               // produces "Alien_"
echo str_pad($input,  3, "*");                 // produces "Alien"
?>

Result

string(10) "Alien     "
string(10) "-=-=-Alien"
string(10) "__Alien___"
string(6) "Alien_"
string(5) "Alien"

References

• https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-pad.php

Tags

#leadingzero  #pad  #string  #strpad