Thanks. That works perfectly. David Smith -----Original Message----- From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:36 PM To: David Smith; php-db Subject: Re: Formatting numbers > I am a little new to PHP, but I am trying to pull numbers from a database > that has both phone numbers and social security numbers for a client. My > Client doesn't want the numbers to come out like 5555555555 but (555) > 555-5555. My question is can I use format_number() to do this and if so how > do I make it change from a comma and every three spaces to fit the formats > above? I know that this is probably pretty simple, but I can't seem to find > the answer anywhere (possibly right under my freakin' nose :D). Use substr() to grab the pieces you want and add formatting around them. us2.php.net/substr ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
