<?php $books = array( array('A','S', 1927), array('T','L',1971), array('T','W',1979) ); foreach ($books as $book) { $title = str_pad(substr($book[0], 0, 25), 25, '.'); $author = str_pad(substr($book[1], 0, 15), 15, '.'); $year = str_pad(substr($book[2], 0, 4), 4, '.'); print "$title$author$year\n"; } ?>