<?php

/*                                                                        *
 * This script belongs to the FLOW3 package "Fluid".                      *
 *                                                                        *
 * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under    *
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the *
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your *
 * option) any later version.                                             *
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 * This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but     *
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHAN-    *
 * TABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser       *
 * General Public License for more details.                               *
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 * License along with the script.                                         *
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 *                                                                        *
 * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!                         *
 *                                                                        */

/**
 * Formats a string using PHPs str_pad function.
 * @See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str_pad.php
 *
 * = Examples =
 *
 * <code title="Defaults">
 * <f:format.padding padLength="10">TYPO3</f:format.padding>
 * </code>
 *
 * Output:
 * TYPO3     (note the trailing whitespace)
 *
 * <code title="Specify padding string">
 * <f:format.padding padLength="10" padString="-=">TYPO3</f:format.padding>
 * </code>
 *
 * Output:
 * TYPO3-=-=-
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @package Fluid
 * @subpackage ViewHelpers\Format
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later
 * @api
 * @scope prototype
 */
class Tx_Fluid_ViewHelpers_Format_PaddingViewHelper extends Tx_Fluid_Core_ViewHelper_AbstractViewHelper {

	/**
	 * Format the arguments with the given printf format string.
	 *
	 * @param integer $padLength 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.
	 * @param string $padString The padding string
	 * @return string The formatted value
	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
	 * @api
	 */
	public function render($padLength, $padString = ' ') {
		$string = $this->renderChildren();
		return str_pad($string, $padLength, $padString);
	}
}
?>