Sorry that should have been a quoted string: $mobileNumber = "07855555555"; For the strlen and substr. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scott [mailto:Chris.Scott@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:15 PM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [SPAM] [PHP] format mobile number Importance: Low Something like: $mobileNumber = 07855555555; $lastTen = substr($mobileNumber, strlen($mobileNumber) - 10); $formatedNumber = "0" . $lastTen; -----Original Message----- From: joaquinbordado [mailto:ryangacusana@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:15 PM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SPAM] format mobile number Importance: Low my input mobile is 9051231223....what i want to do is get the last 10 digit of mobile number and append 0 at the beginning. can someone help me with that.. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/format-mobile-number-tp18027538p18027538.html Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php