echo $str in a specific column

[homer.favenir]

hi,

can anyone please tell me how can i echo a string

in a specific column position.

i have $str1, $str2 and $str3.

i like to place the $str3 in 1-6 with a length of 6

and $str2 in 7-12 with a length of 6

and $str1 in 13-17 with a  length of 5.

 

please advice what functions or how can i achieved this

 

thanks in advance

[premiso]

Be more descriptive, what type of column? A database column, an array. What does 1-6 represent? Is it random what $str3 would be in? like it could be 4 one time or 5 the next?

 

More descriptive and code would help.

[jordanwb]

To me it seems like he wants to make a table out of ASCII.

[homer.favenir]

my output file layout:

COLUMNS	LENGTH	DESCRIPTION

1-6	6	DIRECTORY CODE
7-12	6	HEADING CODE
13-17	5	UDAC
18-107	90	LISTING NAME
108-197	90	ADDRESS
198-222	25	CITY
223-224	2	STATE
225-229	5	zc
230-232	3	AREA CODE
233-239	7	TELEPHONE NO.
240	1	NUMBER OF INDENT TEXT
241-318	78	TN/TM/CTM NAME
319-418	100	INDENT 1 TEXT
419-518	100	INDENT 2 TEXT
519-618	100	INDENT 3 TEXT
619-718	100	INDENT 4 TEXT
719-818	100	INDENT 5 TEXT
819-918	100	INDENT 6 TEXT
919-1018	100	INDENT 7 TEXT

 

my echo is:

DirCode:002 Listing Name: NEW LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER Address: 1779 N ALVERNON WAY City: TUCSON State:  ZipCode:  Email Add: WWW.NEWLIFEPREGNANCYCENTERS.ORG Phone: 5207957541 Heading No: 4109 UdacCode: 4HS1 UdacRate: 1992.00
DirCode:002 Listing Name: WOMEN'S PREGNANCY CENTERS Address: 2290 E SPEEDWAY (CENTRAL) City: TUCSON State:  ZipCode:  Email Add: WWW.WPCTUCSON.COM Phone: 5206225774 Heading No: 4109 UdacCode: ABLN UdacRate: 0.00
DirCode:002 Listing Name: WOMEN'S PREGNANCY CENTERS Address: 2290 E SPEEDWAY (CENTRAL) City: TUCSON State:  ZipCode:  Email Add: WWW.WPCTUCSON.COM Phone: 5206225774 Heading No: 4109 UdacCode: TQCWP UdacRate: 6480.00
DirCode:002 Listing Name: OLD PUEBLO FAMILY PLANNING Address: 5240 E KNIGHT DR STE 112 City: TUCSON State:  ZipCode:  Email Add:  Phone: 5203239682 Heading No: 5556 UdacCode: ABLN UdacRate: 0.00
DirCode:002 Listing Name: OLD PUEBLO FAMILY PLANNING Address: 5240 E KNIGHT DR STE 112 City: TUCSON State:  ZipCode:  Email Add:  Phone: 5203239682 Heading No: 5556 UdacCode: QC1 UdacRate: 2160.00
DirCode:002 Listing Name: DEMBOWSKI LAWRENCE S CPA Address: 405 W COOL DRIVE # 103 City: TUCSON State:  ZipCode:  Email Add:  Phone: 5202977

 

my code is:

$dir = $_POST['dir'];
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],"tmp/".$_FILES["file"]["name"]);
$filename1 = $_FILES["file"]["name"];
$rowP1 = 1;
$count = 0;
$ext = explode(".", $filename1);

if($ext[1] == "csv")
{
	if ($_FILES["file"]["name"] == NULL) {
				//DO NOTHING
		} else {
				//IMPORT QUERY TO COURSE TABLE
			$handle1 = fopen ("tmp/".$filename1, "r" );

			while ( ($data = fgetcsv ( $handle1, 1000, "," )) !== FALSE ) {
				echo "<strong>DirCode:</strong>" . $dir  . " ";
				echo "<strong>Listing Name:</strong>" . " " . $data[1] . " ";
				echo "<strong>Address:</strong>" . " " . $data[2] . " ";
				echo "<strong>City:</strong>" . " " . $data[3] . " ";
				echo "<strong>State:</strong>" . " " . $data[4] . " ";
				echo "<strong>ZipCode:</strong>" . " " . $data[5] . " ";
				echo "<strong>Email Add:</strong>" . " " . $data[6] . " ";
				echo "<strong>Phone:</strong>" . " " . str_replace("-","",$data[7]) . " ";
				echo "<strong>Heading No:</strong>" . " " . $data[8] . " ";
				echo "<strong>UdacCode:</strong>" . " " . $data[10] . " ";
				echo "<strong>UdacRate:</strong>" . " " . $data[11] . "<br>";

			$count++;
						}
			$rowP1 = 0;
			}
			echo  $count . " " . "Records successfully added";
			fclose ( $handle1 );

}else{
	echo "Invalid File Format";

}

 

i need my echo to be in the position of the file layout (same column and length)

 

please....tnx

[jordanwb]

I'm not exactly sure what's going on in your code, but you can use <pre></pre> tags to preserve spacing. Then use strlen and pad the strings until they're the correct length.