RE: [PHP] Adding 1 to a whole number

On 30-Jun-01 Richard Kurth wrote: > Way is this doing this Starting with 1000 all I what to do is increse > this number by one the first time I run it it adds 1 to the number 10001 > second time it 10001002 > Shouldn't it just add 1 to the number 1000,1001,1002,1003 > strings don't add well, give a hint to php to use integers: > > $data = fgets($fp2, 1000); > > $data1 = $data + "1"; > > fwrite($fp2,$data1); > > echo $data1; Strings don't add nearly as well as numbers, give a hint to php to use integers; & reset your file pointer. $data = 1 + $data; rewind($fp); fwrite($fp, "$data"); Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.