PHP string Formatting

Question

Using PHP I want to format a number(7) like in 6 digits 000007

I had done this via printf Function but wanted to store it in a variable how can I do so.

Below mentioned code not working, giving output as :000007 and printing it on screen:

$gensubjectid=printf("%06d\n", $origionalsubjectid);

Suggest.

Dude printf of sprintf not working Below is appropriate solution. $input = 7; str_pad($input, 6, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); — Shivam Shukla
– Shivam Shukla, Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 9:04

Niet the Dark Absol · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 08:22:11Z

7

Use sprintf - it's identical to printf but it returns the formatted string.

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 8:22

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Ivanka Todorova · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 08:23:36Z

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You can use: spirntf

$unformattedNumber = 7;  
$formattedNumber = sprintf('%06d', $unformattedNumber);

Or you can try this (str_pad):

$input = 7;
str_pad($input, 6, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 8:23

Ivanka Todorova

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Birlla · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 08:32:21Z

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Use str_pad().

$invID = str_pad($invID, 10, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

Or

$number = 51;
$number = sprintf('%10d',$number);
print $number;
// outputs 0000000051

$number = 8051; $number = sprintf('%10d',$number); print $number; // outputs 0000008051

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 8:32

Birlla

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This is what I want I am getting accurate result as I want it is really very help full.