Re: Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 28 Feb 2002 07:55:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable | ||
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$leading_digits = '0' . $leading_digits;
although what you probably want is strpad() or sprintf()
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Andy wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> is there a possibility to add a string in front of a veriable like the .=
> commands adds it to the end? I would like to create a 6 digit number out of
> a e.g. 2 digit one. Underneath is my not working code. Maybe someone knows
> how to solve that.
>
> Thanx Andy
>
> # create topic number 6 digit
> while (strlen($myrow[topic_id]) < 6){
> $leading_digits .= '0';
> }
> $topic_id = $leading_digits.$myrow[topic_id] ;
>
>
>
>
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