Try http://php.net/str_pad Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi guys, > > I am trying to force a int to be 8 digits. If it is only 3 dig filling the > first ones with 0. > > Anyhow I tryed it with type casting, but it does not matter what I try, I > always get an addition. > > E.g: > $member_id is: 136 > should be: 00000136 > > Here is the code, which is still returning 136: > > for($i=0;$i<count($member_id);$i++){ > $length = strlen($member_id[$i]); > > settype ($member_id[$i], "string"); > $zero = '0'; > settype ($zero, "string"); > > $member_id[$i] = $zero + $member_id[$i]; > echo $member_id[$i]; > } > > Does anybody know how to solve this thing?? > > Thanx Andy > > > >
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