Re: Strange Numeric Conversion...

I tried removing the zeros, but, I get the same result: $id = 000011; $id = ltrim($id, '0'); echo $id; // Displays: 9 instead of 11 ??? This didn't work either: $id = 000011; settype($id, 'string'); $id = ltrim($id, '0'); echo $id; // Displays: 9 instead of 11 ??? No matter what I do, $id=000011 is seen as "9". Only way is to pass the number without the zeros ($id=11), but, because this data is being read from a database, I can't change the format because PHP seems to be converting it immediately to a 9 instead of reading it as 11 or even 000011. If PHP sees this as an octal, then why does gettype(000011) = INTEGER? This makes no sense. Monty. > From: jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com (Jay Blanchard) > Newsgroups: php.general > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:38:03 -0600 > To: "Monty" <monty3@hotmail.com>, <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: RE: [PHP] Strange Numeric Conversion... > > [snip] > Why is this happening??? > > $id = 000011; > echo $id; // Displays: 9 > > $id = 11; > echo $id; // Displays: 11 > > How do I make the first number (00011) display as 11? Why is it showing > 9? > [/snip] > > First of all you have "naked" numbers. The first one, 000011, looks like > a binary number (which actually should be 3). You are going to have to > trim the leading zero's from the number to have it display as 11.