The way I have done it is to check the length of the number and if it is 1 then add the 0 myself.
my $len = length($mm); if ($len eq 1) { $mm = "0$mm"; } Susan -----Original Message----- From: Diana Castillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] pad numbers is there a function to convert a number that has less than two digits into a number with a leading zero? for instance, to convert a "5" to "05" but to leave a "11" as "11" thanks, Diana -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php