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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.str-pad">
<refnamediv>
<refname>str_pad</refname>
<refpurpose>Pad a string to a certain length with another string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>str_pad</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>input</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>pad_length</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>pad_string</parameter><initializer>" "</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>pad_type</parameter><initializer>STR_PAD_RIGHT</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This functions returns the <parameter>input</parameter> string
padded on the left, the right, or both sides to the specified
padding length. If the optional argument
<parameter>pad_string</parameter> is not supplied, the
<parameter>input</parameter> is padded with spaces, otherwise it
is padded with characters from <parameter>pad_string</parameter>
up to the limit.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>input</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The input string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>pad_length</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the value of <parameter>pad_length</parameter> is negative,
less than, or equal to the length of the input string, no padding
takes place.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>pad_string</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<note>
<para>
The <parameter>pad_string</parameter> may be truncated if the
required number of padding characters can't be evenly divided by the
<parameter>pad_string</parameter>'s length.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>pad_type</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Optional argument <parameter>pad_type</parameter> can be
<constant>STR_PAD_RIGHT</constant>, <constant>STR_PAD_LEFT</constant>,
or <constant>STR_PAD_BOTH</constant>. If
<parameter>pad_type</parameter> is not specified it is assumed to be
<constant>STR_PAD_RIGHT</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the padded string.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>str_pad</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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_"
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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