remove leading 0's

[nikko50]

Hi dudes. If I have a number like "0000000443323223" how can I remove the leading 0's.

[dagon]

$num="0000000443323223";

echo intval($num);
echo ltrim( $num, "0" );

don't use intval if the number can be over 2147483647 (32 bit system)