How to convert a string number to integer

[leovipin1]

Hi,

I would require help to convert a string number to integer but the value must remain same. For ex:

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$str="20121016001";
$num=(int)$str;
echo $num;

This above prints 2147483647. But I want to print the exact value as entered in $str variable but should be of integer type.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Vipin

[seandisanti]

Use a data type large enough to hold the number and you won't have a problem. For int your threshold is around 2 billion. if you use float or double, you expand the size of the container and it works properly.