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format.padding

Formats a string using PHPs str_pad function. See https://www.php.net/manual/function.str_pad.php.

Examples

Defaults

<f:format.padding padLength="10">TYPO3</f:format.padding>

Output:

TYPO3

TYPO3

Specify padding string

<f:format.padding padLength="10" padString="-=">TYPO3</f:format.padding>

TYPO3-=-=-

Specify padding type

<f:format.padding padLength="10" padString="-" padType="both">TYPO3</f:format.padding>

--TYPO3---

Arguments

value

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

String to format

padLength

DataType

mixed

Required

true

Description

Length of the resulting string. If the value of pad_length is negative or less than the length of the input string, no padding takes place.

padString

DataType

string

Default

' '

Required

false

Description

The padding string

padType

DataType

string

Default

'right'

Required

false

Description

Append the padding at this site (Possible values: right,left,both. Default: right)