This should be quite an easy task for some... say for example $line->dbranch has a value of 3 I know that 3 spaces will be added on to the end of $dbranch
$dbranch = str_pad($line->dbranch_no, 6); so the value of $dbranch should look like "3 " Is there anyway to right justify the 3 using str_pad .. example still put the 3 spaces in but at the beginning??? so it looks like " 3" Chris