str_pad -- Pad a string to a certain length with another string
Description
string str_pad ( string input, int pad_length [, string pad_string [, int pad_type]])
This functions returns the input string padded on the left, the right, or both sides to the specified padding length. If the optional argument pad_string is not supplied, the input is padded with spaces, otherwise it is padded with characters from pad_string up to the limit.
Optional argument pad_type can be STR_PAD_RIGHT, STR_PAD_LEFT, or STR_PAD_BOTH. If pad_type is not specified it is assumed to be STR_PAD_RIGHT.
If the value of pad_length is negative or less than the length of the input string, no padding takes place.
str_repeat -- Repeat a string
Description
string str_repeat ( string input, int multiplier)
Returns input_str repeated multiplier times. multiplier has to be greater than or equal to 0. If the multiplier is set to 0, the function will return an empty string.