[SOLVED] Insert whitespaces to fullfill a count of characters

[giba]

Hi there, everybody.

 

I am with a situation here.

 

I must export some datas to a specific program written in Java and this program needs to import the datas counting the characters for with field, this way, I need to insert white spaces fo fullfill a count of characters.

 

See the example below for a student:

 

ID = 6 chars

NAME = 30 chars

AGE = 2 chars

FATHERNAME = 30 chars

MOTHERNAME = 30 chars

 

In this case, if I have to export JOHN WHITE, ID 123456, 10 YEARS OLD, son of GILBERT WHITE and JANET WHITE:

 

I must have:

 

6 chars            30                    2                  30                            30

______________________________________________________________________________

        |                                  |  |                                    |                                    |<-ends here 

123456JOHN WHITE                    10GILBERT WHITE                JANETE WHITE                 

     

 

Is there a function for solving this, or some logic way to get it?

Thanks in advance!

 

 

[Garethp]

$Str = str_pad($Str, 30);

 

That pads $Str to 30 characters, using whitespace on the end

[giba]

$Str = str_pad($Str, 30);

 

That pads $Str to 30 characters, using whitespace on the end

 

Thank you!

That's what I am needing!