Library code snippets

Output number with leading zeros

Here's simple example using the printf function to output a number with leading zeros.

<?
$number = 15;
printf("%05d", $number);
?>

Comments

  1. 23 Dec 2006 at 19:09
    It seems that irt doesn't work all the time: example

    $y=decbin(3327);
    echo $y."<br>";
    $z = sprintf("%012d", $y);
    echo $z;

    I get
    3327
    110011111111
    002147483647

    Last row should be the same as the second one

    Do you have an idea why?















  2. 01 Jan 1999 at 00:00

    This thread is for discussions of Output number with leading zeros.

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