On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:47 +1100, Chris wrote:
> Børge Holen wrote:
> > Oh this was good.
> > I added a while loop to insert extra strings "0" in front of the number to
> > add
> > if the string is less than 5 chars short.
>
> sprintf is your friend here, no need to use a loop.
>
> sprintf('%05d', '1234');
No need to use a sledgehammer when a screwdriver will suffice:
<?php
echo str_pad( '1234', 5, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT )
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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