Allow number to start with ZERO when stored in mysql integer field

Question

I need to store phone numbers starting with 0 but whenever i try to store this in MySql table the starting ZERO is removed because no number start with Zero actually.

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Answer 1

Phone numbers can contain other symbols for readability too... a regexp for a phone number looks something like [0-9+-()*#]+. So you need to use a text field for phone numbers, plus some validation.