What are the implications of converting VARCHAR fields to Int values in JSON encoding and how can the issue of missing leading zeros be addressed?

When converting VARCHAR fields to Int values in JSON encoding, the issue of missing leading zeros can arise if the original values had leading zeros (e.g., a zip code like "00123"). To address this issue, you can format the integer values as strings with leading zeros before encoding them in JSON. 

// Sample data with VARCHAR fields
$data = [
    'zip_code' => '00123',
    'phone_number' => '0123456789'
];

// Convert VARCHAR fields to Int values with leading zeros
$data['zip_code'] = str_pad($data['zip_code'], 5, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
$data['phone_number'] = str_pad($data['phone_number'], 10, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

// Encode data in JSON format
$json_data = json_encode($data);

echo $json_data;

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