+// "Fixes" null or empty string to count of dashes
+function fixNullEmptyToDashes ($str, $num) {
+ // Use str as default
+ $return = $str;
+
+ // Is it empty?
+ if ((is_null($str)) || (trim($str) == '')) {
+ // Set it
+ $return = str_repeat('-', $num);
+ } // END - if
+
+ // Return final string
+ return $return;
+}
+