RE: [PHP] base_convert bug?
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:21:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] base_convert bug? | ||
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On 28 July 2014 13:59:25 BST, "Radek Krejča" <radek.krejca@starnet.cz> wrote:
>
>Leading zeros are not important in a binary number. Any system can
>detect that 00010000 == 10000. The leading zeros do not make a
>difference when it comes to calculating the values.
>
>[Radek Krejca]
>Thank you. So I have to fill missing zeros by myself.
>
>Radek
Yes, you can use printf or sprintf to do this. The manual lists ways of adding leading characters to
a string (as this is what it essentially needs to be to preserve the leading zeros)
Thanks,
Ash