[RESOLVED] Number format - always 6 digits long

[jme]

Hi guys.

I have a series of 4,5 and 6 digit numbers that I'm pulling from MySQL however when I print them I need them all to be 6 digits long and any that are less are pre-pended with zeros. Eg.

12345 becomes 012345
5675 becomes 005675

I have looked at number_format but it doesn't seem to do this (more decimals). I have written a clumsy bit of code using if's but wondered if there was a function or regex way of doing this simply.

Cheers.

[laserlight]

You may find [man]printf/man to be appropriate, e.g.,

<?php
$number = 5675;
printf('&#37;06d', $number);

[jme]

Perfect. Thank you 🙂