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Samuel_C
Samuel_C

Reputation: 13

Incrementing a string and retaining whatever amount of leading zeros there is

How can I get this to work:

$q = '0004';

echo ++$q; // outputs 5 instead of 0005

$q is pulled from a db, and can have any amount of leading zeros, so I can't use str_pad or sprintf (unless I count the number of zeros, but that's messy if there is a simpler way)

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 44

Answers (1)

statistic
statistic

Reputation: 181

$q='1'.$q;
$q++;
$q= substr($q, 1);

I think it works.

Edit: It will be a string.

Upvotes: 1

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