Re: [PHP-DB] printf() in a variable, or alternative to printf()

On Friday 27 May 2005 04:49, mayo wrote:
> I need to be able to format data.
>
> Printf() is perfect because I need a certain amount of characters (30
> for address).
>
> However I need this formatted data to be inside a file that's fwrite()
> and then FTPed to a distributor who will parse it and input into their
> database.

Use sprintf
see:
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php

Si

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