strPad

This property returns the input value padded to a certain length. The padding is added on the left side, the right side or on both sides. strPad uses the PHP function str_pad() for the operation.

Properties

length

length
Data type

integer / stdWrap

Default

0

The length of the output string. If the value is negative, less than, or equal to the length of the input value, no padding takes place.

padWith

padWith
Data type

string / stdWrap

Default

(space character)

The character(s) to pad with. The value of padWith may be truncated, if the required number of padding characters cannot be evenly divided by the length of the value of padWith. Note that leading and trailing spaces of padWith are stripped! If you want to pad with spaces, omit this option.

type

type
Data type

(list of keywords) / stdWrap

Default

right

The side(s) of the input value, on which the padding should be added. Possible keywords are "left", "right" or "both".

Examples

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
10 = TEXT
# The input value is 34 signs long.
10.value = TYPO3 - inspiring people to share.
10.value.strPad {
     length = 37
     padWith = =
     type = both
}

This results in "=TYPO3 - inspiring people to share.==".