Re: formatting a numeric string

pricee@hhbrown.com writes: >I have the following code -- > >$phone_number = "8005551212"; >$phone_array = explode("", $phone_number); >$phone_number = sprintf("(%s%s%s) %s%s%s-%s%s%s%s", $phone_array[0], >$phone_array[1], $phone_array[2], $phone_array[3], $phone_array[4], >$phone_array[5], $phone_array[6], $phone_array[7], $phone_array[8]); > >Is this really the best way to achieve $phone_number = "(800) >555-1212" ? Or am I taking the long way around, and there's a function >that can do this better? > >Thanks, > > >Erik I would do this echo "(" . substr(0,3) . ") " . substr(3,3) . "-" . substr(6,4); Pong