Re: problem with string & floats in PHP

Hi Pablo, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 7:44:52 PM, you wrote: > Hello, Im designing a website in which I have to read some data (numbers) > from a txt file and then send this data to a function which prints a graphic > with them. When I read the data I save it in an array and the numbers are in > this format: 5.812E-08. I have read the php documentation about it, and I > have use the example given there to check which type is the data saved in > the array. The response I got is > $vectorIc[1]== 5.812E-08 type is string > I dont understand why. In the documentation it is clear that this kind of > data should be considerer float, or thats what I understood. I cant continue > with my web designing if I dont get to turn the vector elements into float > numbers, because the function that prints the graphic gives errors when > recieving strings. I would be very thankful if you could help me trying to > solve this. In using PHP 4.4.7 and Apache 2.0.59. Data stored in text files are ALWAYS strings. If you are reading it in with something like fgets() then it'll be a string by default, unless you cast it otherwise. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window"