Re: problem with string & floats in PHP

<?php$var = '5.812E-08';var_dump($var);$var = (float)$var;var_dump($var);var_dump($var + 2);?>Outputs:string(9) "5.812E-08" float(5.812E-8) float(2.00000005812) All you need is to cast it (float) to float, (int) to int. Regards, Emil Ivanov ""Pablo Luque"" <death2mtv@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:BAY127-F39964D791BCBD13C6A4238EE3D0@phx.gbl... > 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. > > Thank you very much! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Descubre la descarga digital con MSN Music. Más de un millón de canciones. > http://music.msn.es/