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[Anonymous]

is it possible to change an interger to have a certain amount of numbers in it

e.g
can i change 7 to 07
keep 12 as 12
change 5 to 05
etc.

TIA

 

[Anonymous]

similar post here:
http://www.php-forum.com/p/viewtopic.php?t=2106

Andrew

 

[Anonymous]

The "right" way to do this is to use sprintf() or str_pad(). They're both pretty straight-forward, just read the docs.