DB_DataObject integer type

From:	Jesse Vitrone	Date:	Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:20:56 +0000
Subject:	DB_DataObject integer type
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I'm using DB_DataObject to access the database in my app. In my database, I have some fields in my table that are integers. When I get my objects back, those fields return "string" when I call gettype. Shouldn't these be integers? The .ini file shows that these fields are int's in the table: length = 129 width = 129 height = 129 and I see in the generated class, it knows that they're ints:

   var $length;                          // int(11)  not_null
   var $width;                           // int(11)  not_null
   var $height;                          // int(11)  not_null

Why wouldn't the type of these be ints on my objects? I get back a type of "string", which I need to be an int. Granted, I can convert them, but I have a lot of cases like this, and it seems like it should be casting these to the right type to begin with. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance, Jesse