I needed to write a function that basically compare two integers but what the spacial case in that is i need to compare numbers trailed with zero, below is the example

```
$firstNumber = 1;
$secondNumber = 01;

if($firstNumber == $secondNumber){
   echo "Numbers are equal"
}else{
   echo "Numbers are not equal"
}

```

Basically the above code will return "Numbers are equal" But in my case, the numbers are not equal because the $secondNumber is prefixed with zero. So it should go to the else condition. How do i approach in this scenerio? 

Please suggest me on this.