How to keep leading zeros in PHP integer
php
Solution
You cannot keep leading zeros in integer. You can either keep them in a string or add at output time, using `sprintf()`, `str_pad()`, etc.
Problem
I am working with an api and need to pass it the ClientID as an integer. The problem is that some of the ID's start with leading 0's. When I pass the integer to the API...PHP is cutting off the leading zero's which makes the ClientID inaccurate. I have tried passing the ID as a string to keep the zero's but the API expects an integer. Example: ClientID = 00061423 when I pass it to the API it gets shortened to 61423 leading the request to fail because it can't find that client. Is there a way to have PHP keep the leading zero's on integers?