Re: Strange Numeric Conversion...

trim will not work, try something like: $id = preg_replace("/^0+(.*)$/","//1",$id); instead Monty wrote:

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.