leading zeros

[Anon]

I would like to store a string in the following format:

EC/2000/MJC/00002

I am using the code:

$exception = ("EC/".$year."/".$author."/"$num);

This string is then being stored in a database. However, I do not know how to format the $num integer to display leading zeros. I'm sure this must be fairly simple but i can't find any examples anywhere.

thanks.

[Anon]

Hi. Use this:

$exception = sprintf("EC/%s/%s/%05d", $year, $author, $num);

Should do the trick.

Greetz,

Vincent Driessen
Venlo, The Netherlands