title: How to keep leading zeros in PHP integer
body: <p>I am working with an api and need to pass it the ClientID as an integer. The problem is that some of the ID's start with leading 0's. When I pass the integer to the API...PHP is cutting off the leading zero's which makes the ClientID inaccurate. I have tried passing the ID as a string to keep the zero's but the API expects an integer.</p>
  
  <p>Example: ClientID = 00061423 when I pass it to the API it gets shortened to 61423 leading the request to fail because it can't find that client.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to have PHP keep the leading zero's on integers?</p>