Re: [PHP-DB] Re: String handling

2004-10-04 Thread M Saleh EG
As I understand, you're trying to check if the passed value is an integer or not and then check it's value right? Use the TYPECASTING technique. example: $var = (int) $var; In this case you're converting ur $var to integer before processing it. Typecasting is a very well known technique in any p

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: String handling

2004-10-04 Thread Ross Honniball
I usually just add zero to a string to force a conversion. eg. $x = '123'; $int = $x + 0; You might also want to use the is_numeric() function to validate data first? At 10:47 AM 3/10/2004, you wrote: Try using the intval() function intval('1000'); // will result in 1000 intval('1000ABC'); //

[PHP-DB] Re: String handling

2004-10-02 Thread Amit Arora
Try using the intval() function intval('1000'); // will result in 1000 intval('1000ABC'); // will result in 1000 Amit www.digitalamit.com Darryl wrote: Hay, Is there a way to make a string into an integer? I have a value coming from a textbox and I want to check if the amount in it is < 100