RE: Newbie ! How do I find if a string contains a number?

Read about the ereg() and related functions in the documentation. You probably want something like... if (ereg("[0-9]", $your_variable)) { //if $your_var contains a #

    // do somethingn to it
    }

else {

    // do something else
    }

------- Peter Wrote:

I am checking a string to see if it contains a number so I know which >type of data I have.

So abf33 is Type A, advv is Type B, which tells me which field to >query.

Can't find a function to do this test.

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