RE: [PHP] Unique ID system - need help/ideas
| From: | Chris W. Parker | Date: | Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:25:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Unique ID system - need help/ideas | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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J J <mailto:squid_66@yahoo.com>
on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:22 PM said:
> Will it be able to figure out what the last number is
> if it's a character type and the number is something
> like 00003? So it'll add one to make it 00004 and not
> something like 10003.
php knows. you'll just have to pad the string with zeros.
<?php
$number = "000001";
++$number;
echo $number;
?>
that will output "2" not "1000001".
chris.