Re: [PHP] numbers as strings

2005-05-10 Thread Jon Aston
Just as a note I had a bit to test and your version works $str = "$c$a$b"; does return 012 all I was getting was 12 after looking at the manual I see that PHP was evaluating each piece as a number so it expected that the built variable would be a number. "Rory Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in

Re: [PHP] numbers as strings

2005-05-10 Thread Jon Aston
Normally it truncates the leading zeros if there are any. I will try your method when I get a moment. got switched on project. "Rory Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For the most part you can simply treat them as strings. What is happening that shouldn't be hap

Re: [PHP] numbers as strings

2005-05-09 Thread Rory Browne
For the most part you can simply treat them as strings. What is happening that shouldn't be happening, or what should be happening, but isn't? > let us say > $a = 1; > $b = 2; > $c = 0; $str_a = (string)$a; $str_b = "$b" > I would like to be able to > $str = $c.$a.$b; Does that not work? What