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php number format

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  • 02-01-2006 10:53pm
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    ChicoMendez
    Registered Users Posts: 648 ✭✭✭


    hi
    can anyone tell me how to format a number tomake sure it has a certain amount of zeros it
    ie
    i have a number like 10 and i want to format it to be 000010
    i have a number like 990 and i want to format it to be 000990

    anyone ?


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    #2
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Use printf or sprintf. See www.php.net


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    Gosh
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Gosh


    if $number contains your unformatted number

    $formatted_number = str_pad ($number, 6, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);


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