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php number format

ChicoMendez · 2006-01-02 21:53:32

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 ?

02-01-2006 9:53pm

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ChicoMendez

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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 02-01-2006 9:55pm

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Use printf or sprintf. See www.php.net

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#3 02-01-2006 10:31pm

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if $number contains your unformatted number

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

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