Re: convert a string to integer

thx a lot... i completly skipped this one...i don't know why :-( now it works On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Simon Welsh <simon@welsh.co.nz> wrote: > > On 28/03/2008, at 8:48, Alain Roger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i know this topic is obvious but i have a strange behavior and i'm > > getting > > crazy. > > > > my stored procedure returns me a string. > > string can be an email or a message error => '-1', '-2', > > '-3' > > > > when i check if the string contains only digit, i use > > ctype_digit(mystring) > > but any way it returns me false... i suppose that for -1, -2, -3 the > > "-" is > > taken as character and not a digit. > > i tried also to cast it before into integer thanks > > ctype_digit((int)mystring), but it does not work. > > > > so how can i solve this issue ? > > > > thx > > > > -- > > Alain > > ------------------------------------ > > Windows XP SP2 > > PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 > > Apache 2.2.4 > > PHP 5.2.4 > > C# 2005-2008 > > is_numeric() - "Finds whether the given variable is numeric. Numeric > strings consist of optional sign, any number of digits, optional > decimal part and optional exponential part." > --- > Simon Welsh > Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ > > Windows is a joke operating system. Hell, it's not even an operating > system. NT is Not Tough enough for me either. 95 is how may times it > will crash an hour. > > http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d520e5e > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Alain ------------------------------------ Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008