Re: need to generate fixed-length file

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 16:56 -0400, Karen Goeller wrote: > I'm having trouble generating a fixed-length (i.e., non-delimited) file > format out of PHP 4, based on queries out of MySQL. These files are > getting imported into a Unidata database and require a very specific > byte-mapping format. However, while the fopen used with length will > TRUNCATE to a specific length, it also won't pad to that length. > > Is there a function I'm missing somewhere that will let you specify a > field length and pad accordingly? If not, any suggestions as to > approach will be greatly appreciated! str_pad() Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'