note 97762 added to function.ltrim

The neat trick from Mr. Sherwood has only one ugly side-effect: If the "number" contained in the string is considerably large, you will end up with an int (or float) value that has nothing to do with the original number ... You may use preg_replace instead: $number_string = preg_replace('~^[0]*([1-9][0-9]*)$~','$1',$number_string); This kills any leading zeros safely without changing any other data. Hope this helps. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 95.88.18.147 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ltrim.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97762 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97762 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97762 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php