Re: [PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable

its .= '0'; } $topic_id = $leading_digits.$myrow[topic_id] ; Best regards, Andrey Hristov - Original Message - From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:56 AM Subject: [PHP] Inserting leading 0 infron

Re: [PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable

$leading_digits = '0' . $leading_digits; although what you probably want is strpad() or sprintf() On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Andy wrote: > Hi guys, > > is there a possibility to add a string in front of a veriable like the .= > commands adds it to the end? I would like to create a 6 digit number out

[PHP] Inserting leading 0 infront of a variable

Hi guys, is there a possibility to add a string in front of a veriable like the .= commands adds it to the end? I would like to create a 6 digit number out of a e.g. 2 digit one. Underneath is my not working code. Maybe someone knows how to solve that. Thanx Andy # create topic number 6 digi