[PHP] Trunkated zeros..... how to fix?

[Dallas K.]

I am having the problem that Mysql is truncating the zeros from both the int and char 
fields when I try to insert.... How can I fix this.....

example:

0123 in PHP = 123 in mysql
3210 in PHP = 321 in mysql 

but I need that zero....  how do I keep mysql from doing this?