RE: [PHP] str_pad
| From: | Jeff McKeon | Date: | Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:00:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] str_pad | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Just learning PHP and figuring out all the syntax and stuff. Anyway I
had a question about the code example in this post...
What does the "->" do in:
$dbranch = str_pad($line->dbranch_no, 6, '', STR_PAD_LEFT);
Is dbranch_no a "class" I don't know about?
Thanks,
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nitin [mailto:nitinmehta@kappa.net.in]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:05 AM
> To: Chris Grigor; php
> Subject: Re: [PHP] str_pad
>
>
> of course, you can specify the optional argument STR_PAD_LEFT like:
>
> $dbranch = str_pad($line->dbranch_no, 6, '', STR_PAD_LEFT);
>
> Enjoy,
> Nitin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Grigor" <aphrodit@iafrica.com>
> To: "php" <php-general@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 4:49 PM
> Subject: [PHP] str_pad
>
>
> This should be quite an easy task for some...
>
> say for example $line->dbranch has a value of 3
> I know that 3 spaces will be added on to the end of $dbranch
>
>
> $dbranch = str_pad($line->dbranch_no, 6);
>
> so the value of $dbranch should look like "3 "
>
> Is there anyway to right justify the 3 using str_pad ..
> example still put the 3 spaces in but at the beginning???
> so it looks like " 3"
>
>
> Chris
>
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