> Hi I am trying to track down a method for transferring a database id
> such as 5 into a nice formatted order id such as ORD0005 - where the
> format for the order id is "ORD" + 5 digits made up of the database id

See documentation for sprintf().

Try something like:

        $formatted = sprintf('ORD%05d', $id);

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