note 57723 added to function.sprintf

If you want to center align some text using the printf or sprintf functions, you can just use the following: function center_text($word){ $tot_width = 30; $symbol = "-"; $middle = round($tot_width/2); $length_word = strlen($word); $middle_word = round($length_word / 2); $last_position = $middle + $middle_word; $number_of_spaces = $middle - $middle_word; $result = sprintf("%'{$symbol}{$last_position}s", $word); for ($i = 0; $i < $number_of_spaces; $i++){ $result .= "$symbol"; } return $result; } $string = "This is some text"; print center_text($string); off course you can modify the function to use more arguments. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57723 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57723&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57723&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php