What does INT(5) in mysql mean?

Question

I always thought INT(5) means a number which has a max size of 5 digits. I tried entering a huge number inside it and it somehow got cut down to 2147483647

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Answer 1

In MySQL, INT(5) does not mean that values are limited to 5-character values. It only means that MySQL will try to pad these values with spaces/zeroes when returning them.

The numeric range of any signed INT including INT(10), INT(5) or any other INT(n) is: -2,147,483,648 ... 2,147,483,647, which is 10 digits at most.