Zend_Filter_StringPad - Thomas Weidner

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Zend_Filter_StringPad
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[~thomas]
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TBD
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1.0 - 23 July 2009: Initial Draft.
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Zend_Filter_StringPad is a filter which allows to extend strings to a specific length.
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* [PHP's str_pad|http://php.net/str_pad]
* [StringLength Proposal - see Zend comments|http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Filter_StringLength+-+Thomas+Weidner]
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* This component *will* correctly handle multi byte strings.
* This component *will* support the same parameters as PHP's own str_pad method.
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Zend_Filter_Interface
Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
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This filter extends given strings to the wished length. It accepts and other string for extension/padding and default to whitespace if non is given.
It also supports extension from left, right or both sides.
For simplicity this component adds also a view helper which makes use of this filter.
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* Milestone 1: \[DONE\] Proposal finished
* Milestone 2: Proposal accepted
* Milestone 3: Working implementation
* Milestone 4: Unit tests
* Milestone 5: Documentation
* Milestone 6: Moved to core
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* Zend_Filter_StringPad
* Zend_View_Helper_StringPad
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Extends a string to 15 chars
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$filter = new Zend_Filter_StringPad(array('length' => 15);
$filter->filter('My string');
// returns 'My string '
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class Zend_Filter_StringPad implements Zend_Filter_Interface {
constant LEFT = 'left';
constant BOTH = 'both';
constant RIGHT = 'right';

public function __construct($options);

}

class Zend_View_Helper_StringPad extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract {
public function stringPad($options);
}
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