Re: str_pad behaviour

I don't know what code you're looking at, but CVS version definitely accepts fourth argument. And the docs are correct with respect to CVS version. On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Flavien Lebarbé wrote: > Hello, > > > Quoting : http://www.php.net/manual/function.str-pad.php : > > ------------------------------------ > str_pad -- Pad a string to a certain length with another string > > Description > > string str_pad (string input, int pad_length [, string pad_string [, > int pad_type]]) > > This functions pads the input string on the left, the right, or both > sides to the specifed > padding length. If the optional argument pad_string is not supplied, > the input is padded > with spaces, otherwise it is padded with characters from pad_string up > to the limit. > > Optional argument pad_type can be STR_PAD_RIGHT, STR_PAD_LEFT, or > STR_PAD_BOTH. If pad_type > is not specified it is assumed to be STR_PAD_RIGHT. > > If the value of pad_length is negative or less than the length of the > input string, no > padding takes place. > ------------------------------------ > > Given the current implementation: > 1) the fourth argument is not accepted. > 2) The sentence "If the value of pad_length is negative or less than > the length of the > input string, no padding takes place." is WRONG : > It should read : "If the value of pad_length is less than the length > of the > input string, no padding takes place. If the value of pad_length is > negative, > the string is padded LEFT to the abolute value of pad_length". > > What should be changed ? Docs or code ? > > I can work on a patch to php4/ext/standard/string.c for this if you > like. > > Flavien. > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -Andrei * If it's never finished, you can't prove it doesn't work. *