formatting a number

[Anonymous]

Hi, heres situation

$number = 1;

:-D

now when i put
<?php echo $number = 1; ?>
it displays "1"

BUT :sad:

i need it to display as 0001. :shock:


:help: how do i sort this one?

 

[Anonymous]

<?php
$number = "0001";
echo $number;
?>

 

[Anonymous]

or

<?php
$number = 1;
echo "000".$number;
?>

 

[Alexej Kubarev]

You can try doing one more thing... a little advanced -- just add some logic to your script and check a number of digits if nr has:
1 digit -- add 000,
if 2 -- add 00
if 3 -- add 0

But im not sure if u will need it.

 

[Anonymous]

I just found a better way:

<?php sprintf("%03s",$value) ?>

I have no idea how that works though. Just replace $value with the number you want.

 

[Anonymous]

should have said this before i think.

It has to work for any number between 1 and 9999,

so i could get like

0001
0010
0100
1000

for 1, 10, 100 and 1000

If someone could provide a script to render this number, that would be appreciated i tried the format_number function and that sprintf thing and it doesnt want to know.

 

[Anonymous]

alright well this should work out...didnt test it though

<?php
$number = $anumbervalue;
$countnumber = str_len($number);
if ($countnumber == 3)
{
$number = "0".$number;
}
else if ($countnumber == 2)
{
$number = "00".$number;
}
else if ($countnumber == 1)
{
$number = "000".$number;
}
else
{
$number = $number;
}
echo $number;
?>

 

[Anonymous]

o xuse me

its suppose to be

<?php printf("%04s",$value) ?>

Sorry
Virtuoso

 

[gesf]

You can use php's numer_format() function!

Cheers