note 30436 added to function.str-repeat
| From: | Gal at rack1 dot php dot net | Date: | Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:18:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 30436 added to function.str-repeat | ||
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a response to dmarsh
if u do wanna write a function that fills a string to a length its best to use a recoursive function
function str_repeattolength ($str, $length) {
$strlength= strlen($str);
if ($strlength>= $length) {
return substr($str,0,$length);
} else {
return $str . str_repeattolength($str, $length - $strlength);
}
}
or just use str_pad
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-repeat.php
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