[PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable

2002-02-27 Thread Andy
Hi guys, is there a possibility to add a string in front of a veriable like the = commands adds it to the end? I would like to create a 6 digit number out of a eg 2 digit one Underneath is my not working code Maybe someone knows how to solve that Thanx Andy # create topic number 6 digit

Re: [PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable

2002-02-27 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
$leading_digits = '0' $leading_digits; although what you probably want is strpad() or sprintf() On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Andy wrote: Hi guys, is there a possibility to add a string in front of a veriable like the = commands adds it to the end? I would like to create a 6 digit number out of a

Re: [PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable

2002-02-27 Thread Andrey Hristov
'; } $topic_id = $leading_digits.$myrow[topic_id] ; Best regards, Andrey Hristov - Original Message - From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:56 AM Subject: [PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable Hi guys