Weird PHP behavior: won't assign the integer 8 to a variable

Question

I think I just encountered the strangest \'bug\' I\'ve ever encountered in my short developer life. It seems like I just can\'t assign the value eight to any variable. For exemp

Answer 1

If your looking to lead a number with zero (Like a month calendar) you could try something like this:

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Looks like everyone else also stated that a number leading with zero is treated as Octal