Removing 0's in front of the decimal

[monkeypaw201]

i have this number:

 

-006.270000

 

and i need it to become:

 

-6.270000

 

the number of 0's may vary, there also may or maynot be the - sign..

 

any suggestions?

[phpcodec]

I'm not quite sure, but this may work

 

$number = '006.270000';
$new_number = explode(".",$number);
$new_number2 = str_replace("0","",$new_number[0]);
$new_number = $new_number2.$new_number[1];
echo $new_number;

[monkeypaw201]

ok, with a bit of modding that should work

 

thanks!

[Barand]

<?php
$number = '006.270000';
printf ('%0.6f', $number);    // --> 6.270000
?>

[Barand]

or

<?php
$number = '-006.270000';
echo number_format ($number, 6);
?>

[.josh]

another random one which may or may not suit your needs:

 

$b = "-" . (substr($b,-);

 

eh...i didn't read that bit about there maybe not being a - sign nvm.