[Resolved] [Resolved] [Resolved] Formatting question

[ow-phil]

I have a script which is to display the MAC Address for a peice of equipment with info pulled from a MySQL database. I want to display it is proper notation, which is:

xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

When the info is placed in the database, the colons are not added. I want to display with the colons. How do I take the content of the variable "$mac_address" which is for example "000625122117" and display it as "00:06:25:12:21:17"

Thank you for your help in advance,

Phil

[LordShryku]

For some reason, this seems like overkill, but oh well

<?php
function splitMac($mac) {
    $array = array();
    for($i=0;$i<strlen($mac);$i=$i+2) {
        $array[] = substr($mac,$i,2);
    }
    return $array;
}

$mac = "000625122117";
$format = implode(":", splitMac($mac));
echo $format;
?>

[gahbryel]

echo substr($mac_adress,0,2).":".
substr($mac_adress,2,2).":".
substr($mac_adress,4,2).":".
substr($mac_adress,6,2).":".
substr($mac_adress,8,2);

[ow-phil]

That last post was the simplist and worked. Many thanks,

Phil