Why is PHP removing leading leading zero from request parameter?

Question

Im a noob to php and I don't understand why the leading character in my string, which is zero is being removed after I pass it through a url. Like so: http://sample.com/Sample/employee_select.php?emp=03

When I use $_GET to get the value it returns 3 instead of 03. How do i keep the leading zero?

this is NOT a duplicate of How to keep leading zeros in PHP integer.

MY CODE

 <?php 
 $emp = $_GET['emp']; 
 $tdat = $_GET['tdt'];

 echo $emp; //returns "3" instead of "03"


?>

@DollaBill you can check the accepted answer in the duplicated question... :) — Jorge Y. C. Rodriguez, Apr 24 '14 at 20:43
The marked duplicate question doesn't seem to answer this question at all. If it does, how ? If I understand correctly, the issue here is different. — Lorenz Meyer, Apr 24 '14 at 20:47
@LorenzMeyer Thank you Lorenz. The accepted answer is a irrelevant to my situation. — DollaBill, Apr 24 '14 at 20:47
@meda Thanks for responding. I just tried your suggestion and got the same result. — DollaBill, Apr 24 '14 at 20:53

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '14 at 21:38

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I'm not able to reproduce your problem:

echo $_GET['test'];
// outputs 03

echo '<br />';

$temp = $_GET['test'];
echo $temp;
// outputs 03

I think your issue is elsewhere. Possibly your PHP version / configuration, MOD Rewrite, or something else in your code that wasn't provided in your example.

answered Apr 24 '14 at 21:38

mister martin

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I have the same problem as it is stated in the question. – saeed khalafinejad Jun 07 '17 at 09:29
@saeedkhalafinejad what version of PHP? – mister martin Jun 07 '17 at 15:47
Version 5, although I solved it by wrapping the number between quotes. That is to write x='001' instead of x=001. – saeed khalafinejad Jun 12 '17 at 11:22

Why is PHP removing leading leading zero from request parameter?

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