need help with str_pad()

[fazzina]

Hi,

 

I've got a pesky little problem.

 

I'm trying to use the str_pad() function call to create the appearance of columns on a page at my site. If I use a printable character such as "." or "_" everything works fine. However, I really want to use spaces " ". When I try to pad out with spaces, it looks like I only get one space worth of padding, no matter how many spaces I specify.

Help would be appreciated.

 

Also, can anybody tell me which font specification in stylesheet.css is the one that is applied to the product info in product_listing_col.php. I've be changing them one at a time to figure out which one it is but haven't be able to figure it out yet. (I want to switch to a fixed width font to make the columns look neater.

 

Thanks in advancd,

Paul Fazzina

[Ajeh]

Spaces in a gang are one equal to 1 space so there is   to force multiple spaces