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Revision: 1452
at October 9, 2006 11:19 by sorehead
Updated Code 
<?php
/* Pad Numbers in PHP

Sometimes I need numbers to always be two digits, even if they're less than 10. The below snippet will format all numbers to be two digits, inserting a 0 if they're under 10 - creating, for example, 09 instead of 9. */


$raw = 1;
$formatted = str_pad($raw, 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
echo $formatted;

//outputs 01
?>

Revision: 1451
at October 9, 2006 11:17 by sorehead
Updated Code 
<?php
/* Pad Numbers in PHP

Sometimes I need numbers to always be two digits, even if they're less than 10. The below snippet will format all numbers to be two digits, inserting a 0 if they're under 10 - creating, for example, 09 instead of 9. */

$raw = 1;
$formatted = sprintf("%02d", $raw);
echo $formatted;

//outputs 01
?>

Revision: 1450
at October 9, 2006 11:17 by sorehead
Initial Code 
<?php
/* Pad Numbers in PHP

Sometimes I need numbers to always be two digits, even if they're less than 10. The below snippet will format all numbers to be two digits, inserting a 0 if they're under 10 - creating, for example, 09 instead of 9. */

$raw = 1;
$formatted = sprintf("%02d", $raw);
echo $formatted;

//outputs 01
?>
Initial URL 
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Initial Description 
ADD 0 to 1!
Initial Title 
Pad Numbers in PHP
Initial Tags 
php
Initial Language 
PHP