keeping zero in variable 1

[math]

hi,

I'm working on a script that uses a calendar... for that, I have variable like $m, $d, $y to represent month, day and year... But apparently php just throws the zero away, and I need the zero later in the script...
so if I were to say:
$d = "02";
$m = "02";
$y = "2002";

and I would like to print that:
print ("$d$m$y"
I would get 222002
But I really need 02022002...

I hope you understand what I mean...
with date() you can actually leave the zero's out of it:
m - month; i.e. "01" to "12"
n - month without leading zeros; i.e. "1" to "12"

And I use the 'm' when I get the date... but the zero is just gone...

Can anyone help?
Thanx,
math

 

[Glowball]

You can just reformat your numbers to make the date you need.

$d = "02";
$m = "02";
$y = "2002";
print(date("mdY", mktime(0,0,0,$m,$d,$y)));

Hope that works for you!

 

[ElgisRamon]

You can use the [tt]printf[/tt] formatting codes to do just that.

I hope it works...
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