+/**
+ * string padding with multibyte support
+ *
+ * @link http://www.php.net/str_pad
+ * @param string $string original string
+ * @param integer $width padded string width
+ * @param string $pad padding symbols
+ * @param integer $padtype padding type
+ * (internal php defines, see str_pad() description)
+ * @param string $charset charset used in original string
+ * @return string padded string
+ */
+function sq_str_pad($string, $width, $pad, $padtype, $charset='') {
+
+ $charset = strtolower($charset);
+ $padded_string = '';
+
+ switch ($charset) {
+ case 'utf-8':
+ case 'big5':
+ case 'gb2312':
+ case 'euc-kr':
+ /*
+ * all multibyte charsets try to increase width value by
+ * adding difference between number of bytes and real length
+ */
+ $width = $width - sq_strlen($string,$charset) + strlen($string);
+ default:
+ $padded_string=str_pad($string,$width,$pad,$padtype);
+ }
+ return $padded_string;
+}