druagord — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:33:47 +0000

your the man Mark thanks for this recall of the c syntax that i forgot

Mark Hensler — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:33:06 +0000

Even better:

<?php
$TheFile = sprintf(\"file%3d.%s\", $i, $ext);
?>

m3rajk — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 03:20:08 +0000

php.net

bokmark it.
always go there first for php questions. chances are it has the answer. if that doesn't succeed ask for clarificaton here or at the dev net (linked to there)

dev net seemsfaster but same quality for php responses. this is bettter for everything else.

they are by far the best stes i've found for help

Jan — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:42:27 +0000

Thank you very much!

druagord — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:31:48 +0000

yes better then the one i gave you i just was too leazy to search for syntax

Jan — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:23:10 +0000

Thank you for your help. I'm a PHP beginner and I came across the following solution which seems to work:

$i=str_pad($i,3, "0",STR_PAD_LEFT);

Is this a good solution? I am eager to learn!

druagord — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:15:25 +0000

you have to use a string since int are alway striped of there 0

$ext = "txt";
for($i=1;$i<500;$i++)
{
   if($i>=100)
        $zero="";
   else if ($i>=10)
         $zero="0";
   else
         $zero="00";
   $TheFile = "file".$zero.$i.$ext";
}