# Can someone please explain this to me?!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-to-me/284961>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-to-me/284961 "2009-03-25T16:37:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![obmon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/obmon/32/3503_2.png) [@obmon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/obmon)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-to-me/284961/1 "2009-03-25T16:37:41Z")

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```php

		trace (id); // Outputs: 00010
		id = number(id);
		trace(id); // Outputs: 8

```

I don’t understand… do you?