(bug 7158) Regression in padding function behaviour, blah blah, I hate users, blah...

diff --git a/includes/CoreParserFunctions.php b/includes/CoreParserFunctions.php
index 26e1e56..dacb1b5 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/CoreParserFunctions.php
+++ b/includes/CoreParserFunctions.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class CoreParserFunctions {
                $char = substr( $char, 0, 1 );
                return ( $string && (int)$length > 0 && strlen( trim( (string)$char ) ) > 0 )
                                ? str_pad( $string, $length, (string)$char, $direction )
-                               : '';
+                               : $string;
        }
        
        function padleft( $parser, $string = '', $length = 0, $char = 0 ) {