Question

I have to print a numeric value which is less than 10 in the following format:

for 0 I want to print it 00
for 1 I want to print it 01
for 2 I want to print it 02

Are there any php library functions which will format numbers in this way?

Answer 1

Use printf or sprintf:

$i = 1;
printf('%02d', $i);

See it in action.

The sprintf page also documents the syntax for formatting specifiers (%02d), so you can also see what other options are available.