RE: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-24 Thread Tom Rogers
Hi If it only a number in the string intval($str) should be enough to get rid of the zero unless it is only 0 Tom At 03:49 AM 24/05/2002, Liam Gibbs wrote: From version 4.1.0, $str = ltrim($str, '0') This works excellently. Thanks. One problem that I didn't think of, though: If the number

RE: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-24 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS]
-Original Message- From: Liam Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 May 2002 18:49 From version 4.1.0, $str = ltrim($str, '0') This works excellently. Thanks. One problem that I didn't think of, though: If the number is 0 (only 0), then the string ends up being empty. Is

Re: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-23 Thread Chris Boget
Does anybody have a clever and efficient way of getting rid of leading zeroes in a string? If the string is completely numeric, you can do something like this: $string = 005847; $string = (int)$string; Apart from that, you'll have to run it through some sort of regex, I suppose. Chris --

Re: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-23 Thread Michael Sims
On Thu, 23 May 2002 09:26:05 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Does anybody have a clever and efficient way of getting rid of leading zeroes in a string? How about: $str = preg_replace(/^0+/,,$str); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-23 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
$str = ltrim($str,'0'); would be more efficient. On Thu, 23 May 2002, Michael Sims wrote: On Thu, 23 May 2002 09:26:05 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Does anybody have a clever and efficient way of getting rid of leading zeroes in a string? How about: $str = preg_replace(/^0+/,,$str); --

RE: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-23 Thread Liam Gibbs
From version 4.1.0, $str = ltrim($str, '0') This works excellently. Thanks. One problem that I didn't think of, though: If the number is 0 (only 0), then the string ends up being empty. Is there a way around that? I put an if statement in saying if the string is empty, then the string is 0. Any

RE: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-23 Thread ROBERT MCPEAK
I'm a newbie, but maybe this'll do it: if ($str!='0') { $str = ltrim($str, '0') } Liam Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/23/02 01:49PM From version 4.1.0, $str = ltrim($str, '0') This works excellently. Thanks. One problem that I didn't think of, though: If the number is 0 (only 0), then the

RE: [PHP] Leading zeroes

2002-05-23 Thread Liam Gibbs
I'm a newbie, but maybe this'll do it: if ($str!='0') { $str = ltrim($str, '0') } Duh. Sometimes I amaze myself at how stupid I can be. Thanks. :) __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- PHP