PHP integer variable type?

[Anon]

hi,
i have a field in mySQL db defined to integer(6) zerofill. as you can see it appears as 000005 on the records.

i am using mysql_insert_id() to catch the last auto_incremented value with the INSERT which i just perform.

e.g.

$last_value = mysql_insert_id()

and then i was to print this out, so i do:

echo "$last_value";

problem is, it appears as 5! but not 000005.

how can i enable the integer type variable in PHP to include the zero's too?

thanks again,
Daarius ...

[Anon]

Maybe do something like:

$last_value = mysql_insert_id();
$last_value = (string) $last_value;
while (strlen($last_value) < 6) {
$last_value = "0".$last_value;
}
echo $last_value;

You might also try the typecast in the mysql_insert_id() line - less code if it works.

I mean, this is only for output right? Then it shouldn't matter whether you echo an int or a string.