On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Radek Krejča <radek.krejca@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That's not a bug, they're both the same number. Leading zeros are > > always ignored in number systems, and PHP doesn't attempt to format it > > assuming and specific word size. Try the same conversion in your > > computers calculator. > > > > To format the number as you wish for output, use printf or sprintf to > > pad with leading zeros. > > [Radek Krejca] > Thank you for response, but maybe it is not important when we talk about > Decimal numbers , but with binary i think it is important to keep zeros > ,because the position of bit in the string is very > important , to construct its value , or in Decoding ,Encoding process , it > will be also very important . > > Thank you > Radek > Leading zeros are not important in a binary number. Any system can detect that 00010000 == 10000. The leading zeros do not make a difference when it comes to calculating the values.
