Re: string vs number
| From: | Eric Butera | Date: | Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:43:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: string vs number | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.general |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-general+get-268736@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
On Feb 5, 2008 1:40 PM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008 1:36 PM, Hiep Nguyen <hiep@ee.ucr.edu> wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> >
> > i have this php statement:
> >
> > <? if($rowB[$rowA[0]]=='Y') {echo "checked";} ?>
> >
> >
> > debugging, i got $rowA[0] = 54, but i want $rowB[$rowA[0]] = $rowB['54'].
> >
> > is this possible? how do i force $rowA[0] to be a string
> > ('54')?<http://www.php.net/unsub.php>
>
>
> php should handle the conversion internally for you.
> if you want to type cast a value to a string, simply do
>
> (string)$varname
>
> -nathan
>
I was thinking about saying that, but php is loosely typed, so 54 ==
'54'. I'm thinking something else is wrong here.