title: how to store zero leading numbers in mongoDB
body: <p>I want to store numbers like 09876 in mongoDb</p>
  
  <p>I'm using php driver and so far I was casting my numbers to (int) , but I just noticed the numbers which starts with Zero , not saving in mongo properly and the zero drops !</p>
  
  <p>So my numbers in mongo are like : <strong>NumberLong(9876)</strong>   but it must be :  <strong>NumberLong(09876)</strong></p>
  
  <p>So I know I can cast my numbers to String and save them exactly as they are , but is there a way beside this  ? </p>
  
  <p>I mean , I dont want to store numbers as Strings in mongo db </p>
  
  <p>something like casting to char ???</p>