[thelist] [PHP] Add a leading zero to a single digit integer
Matt Warden
mwarden at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 21:32:09 CST 2004
Tim,
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:42:13 +1030, Tim Burgan <email at timburgan.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I add a leading zero to an integer IF its length it one digit?
>
> eg. 8 -> 08
> 9 -> 09
> 10 -> 10
> 11 -> 11
>
> Is there a PHP function to do this? Or is there a function that I can
> use to return the length of digits in the integer - strlen()?
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.str-pad.php
Once you get into padding with zeros, you're formatting and therefore
you need to treat the value as a string, not an integer.
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Matt Warden
Miami University
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