I should have clarified:  If you use printf() or sprintf() to pad with
spaces, it will only work if the whole thing is inside a <pre>
element; otherwise the whitespace characters will all compress into a
single space.

Something like this:

<pre>
  <?php

    printf ("%-30.30s%.3d", $student, $stuhrs);
    echo ("  ________________________<br />");

  ?>
</pre>

I can't test that code right now, so chances are high that there's a bug.

-- Christopher