Generate number like auto icrement with zero

Question

Generate number like auto icrement with zero I wont generate ordinal number example from 0 to 999 but just 3 digit, from 3 digits zero like this

000
001
002
003
...
999

how create this with php?

Answer 1

Use str_pad and a for-loop:

    for($i=0; $i<=999;$i++) {
        echo str_pad($i, 3, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    }