zerofill with php

[Anon]

Is it possible to do a zerofill with php?

I have a script that generates a random number. The number of digits vary with each random number.

What I want to do is add zeros to the beginning of the generated number, so that I'll always have six digits.

I know I can use mysql for this, but the number will not be stored in a database.

Thanks.
Richard.

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If it is just for display purposes, which I am assuming it is...this seemed to work:

$i = 2;
$j = 32;
echo str_pad($i,6,"0",STR_PAD_LEFT) . "<BR>\n";
echo str_pad($j,6,"0",STR_PAD_LEFT) . "<BR>\n";

Matt Wade
codewalkers.com

[Anon]

See sprintf, printf, et cetera, in the manual.