note 57116 added to function.str-pad

Re ks: Your function does something different if $padchar is not a chararcter but rather a string. Still, however, private's function may be simplified: <?php function str_pad_right($str, $pad, $len) { return $str . str_pad('', $len, $pad); } function str_pad_left($str, $pad, $len) { return str_pad('', $len, $pad) . $str; } function str_pad_both($str, $pad, $len) { return ($s = str_pad('', $len, $pad)) . $str . $s; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-pad.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57116 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57116&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57116&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php