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Strip leading 0 from a var

What's the easiest way to strip leading 0 from a variable.  I need to keep the 0 for the data, this is just for display.
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PHP ltrim() is probably a good answer, but be careful about defining an integer variable with a leading zero.  That denotes octal notation.
http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php

Another way is to cast the value to in integer, then echo it.

<?php // demo/temp_breeze351.php
/**
 * https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28987009/Strip-leading-0-from-a-var.html
 *
 * http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php
 */
error_reporting(E_ALL);


// USING DECIMAL VALUES
$str = '01234';
echo PHP_EOL . $str;
$int = $str * 1;
echo PHP_EOL . $int;


// USING OCTAL VALUES (OOPS!)
$str = 01234;
echo PHP_EOL . $str;
$int = $str * 1;
echo PHP_EOL . $int;

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thanks