PHP/mySQL dropping zeros after inserting number into record
| From: | Rob Gould | Date: | Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:22:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | PHP/mySQL dropping zeros after inserting number into record | ||
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I've got a PHP script that inserts "00012345678" into a record in a mySQL database
(it's a barcode). Things work ok unless the number has preceding zeros, and then the zeros get
cut off and all I get is "12345678".
I have the mySQL database fieldtype set to bigint(14). If the maximum length a barcode can be is
14, is there a better fieldtype to use that will keep the zeros?
(or some way for PHP to tell mySQL not to chop off the zeros?)