Re: [PHP-DB] printf and unsecable char

[Richard Quadling]

2010/1/4 Chris <dmag...@gmail.com>:
> Jean-Philippe Battu wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I would like  to print a string formatted on the right side and fill in
>> the left side with the unsecable character [&nbsp;]
>>
>> I read in the printf command I could use : printf( "%#30s" , $mystring ) ;
>> to display $mystring string with the character # before (on the left)
>>
>> and I try to replace # by &nbsp; but I can't find a solution
>>
>> Do you know the solution to write the command:          printf(
>> "%&nbsp;30s" , $mystring ) ;
>> or something like that !
>
> echo str_repeat('&nbsp;', 30);
>
> (if I understand what you're trying to do correctly).
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<?php
$mystring = 'Hello, world!';
echo str_replace('#', '&nbsp;', str_pad($mystring, 30, '#', STR_PAD_LEFT));
?>

outputs ...

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hello,
world!

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