Re: string prints out as number (E+10...), why?

- Edwin wrote:

I guess it's because the number is converted automatically to an exponential notation if it goes over a certain number of digits--makes it easier to read...

I figured as much. But why? I found a solution by changing the precision of floats in the php.ini file. But I still find it strange that PHP will, internally, happily treat my variable as a string but when it comes time to print it out, it decides that it's a number and formats it without my asking it to. Jc