Re: gettype() returning string instead of integer

> > In the following situation, I'm finding that PHP4 (CGI) is returning > > "string" instead of "integer": > > > > $myType = gettype($myVar); > > echo "type is: $myType"; > > > > and calling the above code via: > > > > <A HREF="http://dom.ext/type.php?myVar=1"> > > > > results in "type is: string" no matter what's used in the URL. > > > > Should gettype() not return "integer" in the above situation? Am I missing > > something? The docs didn't mention any gotcha's or notes. > > > > There is one really big gotcha: HTTP doesn't allow differentiation between > integers and strings in GET and POST, so everything is a string. I was afraid that would be the answer. OK then, on to my next question. Anyone have a quick, off-the-top-of-their-head solution to check that a value passed using GET is_type() "x"? Thanks again, -- Brian Curtis