going from a number to images

[badabing]

I want to make a code so that it takes the id of something from the database, and displays the numbers of that id as gifs...
I have the gifs 0-9 so as to make anynumber,
so if id=127 then output image1.gif, image2.gif, image7.gif,

and....
if id=27 output 027
if id=8 output 008

any help?

[Weedpacket]

[man]sprintf[/man] or [man]str_pad[/man]. Either will work.

[badabing]

I can use those functions to add a 0 to the numbers which are less than 3 digits to make em all 3 digit numbers, and thats the easy part done, then to select the 3 gifs needed to show the number as 3 pics???
I guess the best thing to do is a switch....but first, how do I read the individual numbers from a 3 digit int???

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by badabing
but first, how do I read the individual numbers from a 3 digit int???

Well, once you've used the string-formatting functions, it's no longer really an int but a string. You can get at the nth character of a string (starting from 0) by going $string{n}.

You probably don't need a switch - or even an array (which was my first thought). If the images are image0.gif, image1.gif, etc., then "image".$string{0}.".gif" for example, will give you the filename for the image of the leftmost digit.

[badabing]

yep that works! thanks a bunch!