Working with PHP Octals and String conversions

Question

I\'m working with a database that has a bunch of serial numbers that are prefixed with leading 0\'s.

So a serial number can look like 00032432 or 56332432.

Answer 1

$serial = 00032432; //here you have an octal number
$serial= strval($serial); //now you have a string
if ($serial[0]=="0") {
 //do something
}