RE: [PHP] integer is a string ?

From: Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:33:23 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] integer is a string ?
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Why do you need to specifically type-cast it? PHP Is very good about taking a String which represents an integer and converting it itself. John -----Original Message----- From: Bojan Gajic [mailto:bojan@inet.co.yu] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 9:29 AM To: dIVUS Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] integer is a string ? settype($ev,"integer"); dIVUS wrote: > Hi all, > > When i post an integer to a PHP-script, the script seems to recognize it as > a string. (example below) How do i make the script recognize it as an > integer values ??? > > For example: > http://www.firststep.be/scripts_jonas/inttest.php?foo=5 returns > "string" > The source-code of the script is just: > <? > $ev = gettype ($foo); > echo $ev; > ?> > > Kind regards and TNX, > dIVUS > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Bojan Gajic <bojan@inet.co.yu> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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