Format a number to a String!! Pls Help! 1

[Fori]

Hi All

i'm used to the vb function format($Number, "####0000&quot.

Is there a way to do the same in php?

Thanks
Nicky

 

[DRJ478]

There are several ways to format numbers in PHP:

http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php

http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.printf.php

http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php

 

[skiflyer]

I'm no VB programmer... what're you trying to do?

Chances are DRJ's links will help you out... but if they don't odds are you'd be better served by telling us what you want instead of how you do it in another language.

-Rob

 

[Forri]

I have an order number: 1 but i want to display it as 0001!!

how can i do this?

Thanks
Nick

 

[DRJ478]

The task is fairly easy:

$newString = sprintf('%04d',$value);

Here's an explanation:
The forat for the conversion specification always starts with the percent sign (%). The '0' is the padding character. 4 is the minimum width and d means represent the input value as decimal number.
That's it.

 

[Forri]

thanks!!