Re: Random number Question

actually if (intval($guess) == $number { would be more acuate then the trim ( ) you would eliminate all alpha characters and floating points saying it has to be a whole integer.... Joel "Ralph Friedman" <ralph@friedman-net.com> wrote in message news:VA.00000005.0285e606@friedman-net.com... > In article <20020313035421.28517.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, Jennifer Downey wrote: > > > <input type="text" size="3"> > > <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit my number" > > NAME="guess"> > > > you've got the "Name" attribute attached to the wrong INPUT element: > > <INPUT type="text" size="3" name="guess"> > <INPUT type="submit" value="Submit my number"> > > > if($guess = = $number) { > > > incorrect syntax here. that should be: > if ($guess == $number) { > > better would be: > > if (trim($guess) == $number { > > this will assure that there's no whitespace in $guess > > -- > Rgds > Ralph > >